Genesis 27:23

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

Ver. 23. So he blessed him.] See Trapp on " Gen 27:25 "

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his hands. Genesis 27:16 he blessed. Romans 9:11 Romans 9:12 Hebrews 11:20

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 27:23