Genesis 27:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

He discerned him not, because all his senses were not only dulled with age and infirmity, but also held by Divine Providence, as theirs, Luke 24:16, for the bringing about his own purpose; so that it is no wonder he was so grossly deceived in the whole business.

Genesis 27:23

23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.