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Genesis 27:23
Genesis 27:23 is verse 23 of Genesis chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
King James Version
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
World English Bible
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 27:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”
22 So Jacob came close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
23 Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
24 Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
25 “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Romans 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
Romans 9:12not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
Hebrews 11:20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.