23 Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
Genesis 27:23
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Book of Jubilees 26:17–19
17 And 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,' (JUB) 18 and he discerned him not, because it was a dispensation from heaven to remove his power of perception and Isaac discerned not… (JUB)
Genesis 27:26–28
26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.” 27 So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed. 28 May God give to…
Genesis 27:34–36
34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!” 35 But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.” 36 So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has che…
Genesis 27:15–17
15 And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob. 16 She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. 17 Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty f…
Book of Jubilees 19:25–27
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Genesis 27:10–12
10 Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.” 11 Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned. 12 What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I w…
Book of Jubilees 26:27–29
27 And Isaac, his father, said unto him: 'Who art thou? 'And he said unto him: 'I am thy first born, thy son Esau: I have done as thou hast commanded me.' (JUB) 28 And Isaac was very greatly astonished, and said: 'Who is he that hath hunted and caught and brought (it) to… (JUB) 29 … (JUB)
Genesis 25:27–29
27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. 28 Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in f…
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