Genesis 27:23
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.”
נָכַר
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning)
הָיָה
they were
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הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
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יָד
hands/ his
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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שָׂעִיר
hairy
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שָׂעִיר
shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
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עֵשָׂו
Esau
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עֵשָׂו
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
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