OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Genesis 27:23

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He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

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Genesis 27:20–26

20

Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?”

He said, “Because the LORD your God gave me success.”

21

Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

22

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

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He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

24

He said, “Are you really my son Esau?”

He said, “I am.”

25

He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.”

He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

26

His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”

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