Genesis 27:22
20 But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”
So Jacob came 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.”
23 Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
24 Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Jacob came 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.”
- KJV
- And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
- WEB
- Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
- ASV
- And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father. And he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob`s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
- DARBY
- And Jacob drew 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.
- BLB
- And Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, and the hands [are] the hands of Esau.”
- ÅB
- Så gikk Jakob fram til Isak, sin far; og han kjente på ham og sa: Røsten er Jakobs, men hendene er Esaus.
- OTB
- Jakob gikk nær sin far Isak, som berørte ham og sa: «Stemmen er Jakobs stemme, men hendene er Esaus hender.»
- B1930
- Så gikk Jakob frem til Isak, sin far; og han kjente på ham og sa: Røsten er Jakobs, men hendene er Esaus.