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Genesis 27:23

Esau

21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”

22 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.”

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.”

25 “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.

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BSB
Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
KJV
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
WEB
He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.
ASV
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau`s hands. So he blessed him.
DARBY
And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.
BLB
And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like the hands of Esau his brother. And he blessed him,
ÅB
Og han kjente ham ikke, fordi hans hender var lodne som hans bror Esaus hender; og han velsignet ham.
OTB
Han kjente ham ikke igjen, for hendene hans var hårete som hans bror Esaus; så han velsignet ham.
B1930
Og han kjente ham ikke, fordi hans hender var lodne som hans bror Esaus hender; og han velsignet ham.

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