Genesis 27:23
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
KJV
Et non cognovit eum, quia pilosæ manus similitudinem majoris expresserant. Benedicens ergo illi,
Vulgate
καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνω αὐτόν· ἦσαν γὰρ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ὡς αἱ χεῖρες Ἠσαὺ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ δασεῖαι· καὶ ηὐλόγησεν αὐτόν.
LXX
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
ASV
וְ/לֹ֣א הִכִּיר֔/וֹ כִּֽי הָי֣וּ יָדָ֗י/ו כִּ/ידֵ֛י עֵשָׂ֥ו אָחִ֖י/ו שְׂעִרֹ֑ת וַֽ/יְבָרְכֵֽ/הוּ
Hebrew
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Esau
In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּכֵּ֤ר
ykr
verb · 50×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עֵשָׂ֔ו
'shv
proper_noun · 97×
שְׂעִיר
sh'yr
noun · 59×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 25:25 — And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
- Gen 27:4 — And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
- Gen 27:16 — And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
- Heb 11:20 — By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
- Rom 9:11 — (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)