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Jacobיַעֲקֹבcame nearוַיִּגַּשׁto Isaacאֶל יִצְחָקhis father,אָבִיוand he felt himוַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“The voiceהַקֹּלis the voiceקוֹלof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבbut the handsוְהַיָּדַיִםare the handsיְדֵיof Esau.”עֵשָׂו
Genesis 27:22
Study it in the app“Jacob came near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:22, word by word
- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- came nearיִּגַּשׁyigash
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “yigash” appears- to Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and he felt himיְמֻשֵּׁyemushe
feel
To touch in order to recognize.
Where else “yemushe” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “The voiceקֹּלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- but the handsיָּדַיִםyadayim
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadayim” appears- of Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears
The context
21Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near, please, so that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
22 · This verse (above)
23He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like the hands of Esau his brother; so he blessed him.
To study Genesis 27 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob receive Isaac’s blessing, and how did Esau react (vv. 18-34)?
2. What it means
What consequences did Jacob’s deceiving his father bring to the family (vv. 41-45)?
3. How I live it
How can you pursue what you need without resorting to deception?