And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
WEB
Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
YLT
And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him,
DBT
And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)