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He did not recognize him,וְלֹא הִכִּירוֹbecauseכִּיhis handsיָדָיוwereהָיוּhairyשְׂעִרֹתlikeכִּthe handsידֵיof Esauעֵשָׂוhis brother;אָחִיוso he blessed him.וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ
Genesis 27:23
Study it in the app“He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like the hands of Esau his brother; so he blessed him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:23, word by word
- He did not recognize himהִכִּירhikir
recognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “hikir” appears- his handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- hairyשְׂעִרֹתseirot
hairy
Covered in hair, like Esau.
Where else “seirot” 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- his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- so he blessed himיְבָרְכֵyevarche
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarche” appears
The context
22Jacob 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.”
23 · This verse (above)
24He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he said, “I am.”
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?