Genesis 27:23
 Genesis 27:23 
New International Version (©2011)
He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob's hands felt hairy just like Esau's. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

International Standard Version (©2012)
He didn't recognize Jacob, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau, so Isaac blessed him.

NET Bible (©2006)
He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He didn't recognize Jacob, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he recognized him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

American King James Version
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

American Standard Version
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

Douay-Rheims Bible

Darby Bible Translation
And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.

English Revised Version
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: So he blessed him.

World English Bible
He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

Young's Literal Translation
And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

27:18-29 Jacob, with some difficulty, gained his point, and got the blessing. This blessing is in very general terms. No mention is made of the distinguishing mercies in the covenant with Abraham. This might be owing to Isaac having Esau in his mind, though it was Jacob who was before him. He could not be ignorant how Esau had despised the best things. Moreover, his attachment to Esau, so as to disregard the mind of God, must have greatly weakened his own faith in these things. It might therefore be expected, that leanness would attend his blessing, agreeing with the state of his mind.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he discerned him not,.... As he could not see, he could make no judgment by that sense; and, though he had his hearing, and thought the voice was like Jacob's, he might imagine there might be an alteration in Esau's voice, coming in haste and weary from the fields; yet, as there could not be any deception in his feeling, he thought it safest to trust to that, as it follows:

because his hands were hairy as his brother Esau's hands; which could not in a short time become so naturally; it was more reasonable to think that Esau's voice should be altered and become like Jacob's, than that Jacob's hands should become like Esau's:

so he blessed him; or intended and determined within himself to bless him, for the blessing was not given till afterwards; unless this is to be understood of a common blessing, congratulating him on the quick dispatch he made, and the great success he met with; and after this gave him the patriarchal blessing, which as yet he had not, being not thoroughly satisfied of him, as appears by what follows.


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Isaac Blesses Jacob
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. 23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. 24And he said, Are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am. …

Genesis 27:16 She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins.
Genesis 27:22 Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau."
Genesis 27:24 "Are you really my son Esau?" he asked. "I am," he replied.