Genesis 27:23
He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 27:16 : 16 She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
- Heb 11:20 : 20 By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
- Rom 9:11-12 : 11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad(so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling)– 12 it was said to her,“The older will serve the younger,”
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- Gen 27:19-224 verses87%
19 Jacob said to his father,“I am Esau, your firstborn. I’ve done as you told me. Now sit up and eat some of my wild game so that you can bless me.”
20 But Isaac asked his son,“How in the world did you find it so quickly, my son?”“Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob,“Come closer so I can touch you, my son, and know for certain if you really are my son Esau.”
22 So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said,“The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s.”
- Gen 27:24-274 verses78%
24 Then he asked,“Are you really my son Esau?”“I am,” Jacob replied.
25 Isaac said,“Bring some of the wild game for me to eat, my son. Then I will bless you.” So Jacob brought it to him, and he ate it. He also brought him wine, and Isaac drank.
26 Then his father Isaac said to him,“Come here and kiss me, my son.”
27 So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying,“Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which the LORD has blessed.
- Gen 27:29-368 verses77%
29 May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
30 Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
31 He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau said to him,“My father, get up and eat some of your son’s wild game. Then you can bless me.”
32 His father Isaac asked,“Who are you?”“I am your firstborn son,” he replied,“Esau!”
33 Isaac began to shake violently and asked,“Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived, and I blessed him. He will indeed be blessed!”
34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. He said to his father,“Bless me too, my father!”
35 But Isaac replied,“Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away your blessing.”
36 Esau exclaimed,“‘Jacob is the right name for him! He has tripped me up two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!” Then he asked,“Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”
- Gen 27:10-123 verses77%
10 Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies.”
11 “But Esau my brother is a hairy man,” Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah,“and I have smooth skin!
12 My father may touch me! Then he’ll think I’m mocking him and I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”
- Gen 27:15-162 verses75%
15 Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.
16 She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
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1 Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him,“My son!”“Here I am!” Esau replied.
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41 So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately,“The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!”
- Gen 25:25-262 verses73%
25 The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.
26 When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
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20 By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
- Gen 27:38-392 verses72%
38 Esau said to his father,“Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” Then Esau wept loudly.
39 So his father Isaac said to him,“See here, your home will be by the richness of the earth, and by the dew of the sky above.
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6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him,“You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”
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6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob,“Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau,
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29 Then Jacob asked,“Please tell me your name.”“Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.