Genesis 27:23 - Modern English Version

²³ He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, just like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ He could not identify him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

Common English Bible

²³ Isaac didn’t recognize him because his arms were hairy like Esau’s arms, so he blessed him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And he did not recognize him, because his hairy hands made him seem similar to the elder one. Therefore, blessing him,

Genesis 27:23 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 27:11

But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a man of smooth skin.

Genesis 27:16

Then she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

Genesis 27:22

Jacob went near to his father Isaac, and he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

Genesis 27:24

He asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he said, “I am.”

Hebrews 11:20

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.