Genesis 27:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:16 : 16 And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck:
  • Heb 11:20 : 20 By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.
  • Rom 9:11-12 : 11 Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is, 12 It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.

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  • Gen 27:19-22
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    19 And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

    20 And Isaac said, How is it that you have got it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God made it come my way.

    21 And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.

    22 And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

  • Gen 27:24-27
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    24 And he said, Are you truly my son Esau? And he said, I am.

    25 And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.

    26 And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, my son, and give me a kiss.

    27 And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:

  • Gen 27:29-36
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    29 Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

    30 And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

    31 And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

    32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.

    33 And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?

    34 And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!

    35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.

    36 And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

  • Gen 27:10-12
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    10 And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.

    11 And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:

    12 If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.

  • Gen 27:15-16
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    15 And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:

    16 And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck:

  • Gen 27:1
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    1 Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.

  • Gen 27:41
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    41 So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

  • Gen 25:25-26
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    25 And the first came out red from head to foot like a robe of hair, and they gave him the name of Esau.

    26 And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

  • Heb 11:20
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    20 By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.

  • Gen 27:38-39
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    38 And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.

    39 Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:

  • Gen 28:6
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    6 So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

  • Gen 27:6
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    6 And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,

  • Gen 32:29
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    29 Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.