Genesis 27:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And he knewe him not, because his handes were heary as his brother Esaus handes: and so he blessed hym.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:16 : 16 And she put the skynnes of the kiddes vpon his handes, and vpon the smoothe of his necke.
  • Heb 11:20 : 20 By fayth did Isaac blesse Iacob and Esau, concernyng thynges to come.
  • Rom 9:11-12 : 11 For yer the chyldren were borne, when they had neither done good neither bad, (that the purpose of God by election might stande: not by the reason of workes, but by the caller) 12 It was sayde vnto her: The elder shall serue the younger.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 27:19-22
    4 verses
    87%

    19And Iacob sayde vnto his father: I am Esau thy eldest sonne, I haue done accordyng as thou baddest me: aryse I pray thee, syt, and eate of my venison, that thy soule may blesse me.

    20And Isahac said vnto his sonne: how commeth it that thou hast founde it so quickly my sonne? He aunswered: the lorde thy God brought it to my handes.

    21Then sayde Isahac vnto Iacob: Come neare, and I wyll feele thee my sonne, whether thou be my very sonne Esau, or not.

    22Then went Iacob to Isahac his father, and he felt hym, and sayde: The voyce is Iacobs voyce, but the handes are the handes of Esau.

  • Gen 27:24-27
    4 verses
    78%

    24And he asked him: art thou my sonne Esau? And he sayde: that I am.

    25Then sayde he: Bryng me, & let me eate of my sonnes venison, that my soule may blesse thee. And he brought hym, and he ate: and he brought hym wine also, and he dranke.

    26And his father Isahac said vnto him: Come neare, and kysse me, my sonne.

    27And he went vnto him, & kyssed him, and he smelled the sauour of his rayment, and blessed hym, & saide: See, the smell of my sonne, is as the smell of a fielde which the Lorde hath blessed.

  • Gen 27:29-36
    8 verses
    77%

    29People be thy seruauntes, and nations bowe to thee: be lorde ouer thy brethren, and thy mothers children stowpe with reuerence vnto thee: cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

    30Assoone as Isahac had made an ende of blessyng Iacob, & Iacob was scarse gone out from the presence of Isahac his father, then came Esau his brother from his huntyng.

    31And he also had made a pleasaunt meate, and brought it vnto his father, and saide vnto his father: let my father aryse, and eate of his sonnes venison, that thy soule may blesse me.

    32Then his father Isahac sayde vnto hym: who art thou? He aunswered: I am thy sonne, thy first borne Esau.

    33And Isahac was greatly astonied out of measure, and sayde: which is he and where is he then that hath hunted venison and brought it me, and I haue eaten of al before thou camest? and haue blessed hym, yea & he shalbe blessed.

    34When Esau hearde the wordes of his father, he cryed aloude & bitterly, aboue measure, and sayde vnto his father: blesse me, I also am thy sonne O my father.

    35Who aunswered. Thy brother came with subtiltie, and hath taken awaye thy blessyng.

    36And he said agayne: Is not he rightly named Iacob? for he hath vndermyned me nowe two tymes. First he toke away my birthright: and see, nowe hath he taken away my blessyng also. And he sayde: hast thou kept neuer a blessyng for me?

  • Gen 27:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10And thou shalt bryng it to thy father that he may eate, and that he may blesse thee before his death.

    11Then said Iacob to Rebecca his mother: Beholde, Esau my brother is a heary man, and I am smoothe:

    12My father shall peraduenture feele mee, and I shall seeme vnto hym as though I went about to begyle hym, and so shall I bryng a curse vpon me, and not a blessyng.

  • Gen 27:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15And Rebecca fet goodly rayment of her eldest sonne Esau, whiche were in the house with her, and put them vpon Iacob her younger sonne:

    16And she put the skynnes of the kiddes vpon his handes, and vpon the smoothe of his necke.

  • Gen 27:1
    74%

    1And it came to passe, that whe Isahac waxed olde, & his eyes were dimme, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest sonne, & saide vnto hym, my sonne? And he sayde vnto hym: here am I.

  • Gen 27:41
    74%

    41And Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessyng that his father blessed hym withall. And Esau sayde in his heart: The dayes of sorowyng for my father are at hande, then wyll I slaye my brother Iacob.

  • Gen 25:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25And he that came out fyrst, was red, and he was all ouer as it were a hearie garment, and they called his name Esau.

    26And after hym came his brother out, and his hande holdyng Esau by the heele, and his name was called Iacob: and Isahac was threscore yere olde when they were borne.

  • Heb 11:20
    72%

    20By fayth did Isaac blesse Iacob and Esau, concernyng thynges to come.

  • Gen 27:38-39
    2 verses
    72%

    38And Esau sayde vnto his father: hast thou but that one blessyng my father? blesse me, I am also thy sonne O my father. So lyfted vp Esau his voyce, and wept.

    39Then Isahac his father aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: beholde, thy dwellyng place shalbe the fatnesse of the earth, and of the deawe of heauen from aboue.

  • Gen 28:6
    72%

    6When Esau sawe that Isahac had blessed Iacob, and sent hym to Mesopotamia to fet hym a wyfe from thence, and that as he blessed him, he gaue him a charge, saying, thou shalt not take a wyfe of the daughters of Chanaan:

  • Gen 27:6
    72%

    6And Rebecca spake vnto Iacob her sonne, saying: Beholde, I haue hearde thy father talkyng with Esau thy brother, and saying:

  • Gen 32:29
    71%

    29And Iacob asked him, saying: tell me thy name. And he sayde: wherefore doest thou aske after my name? And he blessed hym there.