Genesis 27:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

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  • Gen 27:16 : 16 And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck:
  • Heb 11:20 : 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
  • Rom 9:11-12 : 11 For the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him who calls; 12 It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.

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  • Gen 27:19-22
    4 verses
    87%

    19And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me: arise, I ask you, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.

    20And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD your God brought it to me.

    21And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I ask you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.

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

  • Gen 27:24-27
    4 verses
    78%

    24And he said, Are you really my son Esau? And he said, I am.

    25And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, so that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he ate: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

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

    27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the scent of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed:

  • Gen 27:29-36
    8 verses
    77%

    29Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be he who blesses you.

    30And it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob was scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

    31And he also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, so that your soul may bless me.

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

    33And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yes, and he shall be blessed.

    34When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

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

    36And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?

  • Gen 27:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you before his death.

    11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

    12Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will seem to him as a deceiver; and I will bring a curse upon myself, and not a blessing.

  • Gen 27:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15And Rebekah took the best garments of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son:

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

  • Gen 27:1
    74%

    1And it happened, when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Here I am.

  • Gen 27:41
    74%

    41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.

  • Gen 25:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25And the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

    26And after that his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

  • Heb 11:20
    72%

    20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

  • Gen 27:38-39
    2 verses
    72%

    38And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

    39And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

  • Gen 28:6
    72%

    6When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take himself a wife from there; and that as he blessed him he commanded him, saying, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan;

  • Gen 27:6
    72%

    6And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Look, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

  • Gen 32:29
    71%

    29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray, your name. And he said, Why is it that you ask about my name? And he blessed him there.