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Genesis 27:23Gen.27.23

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

KJV

Hebrew original

וְ/לֹ֣א הִכִּיר֔/וֹ כִּֽי הָי֣וּ יָדָ֗י/ו כִּ/ידֵ֛י עֵשָׂ֥ו אָחִ֖י/ו שְׂעִרֹ֑ת וַֽ/יְבָרְכֵֽ/הוּ

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il ne le reconnut pas, parce que ses mains étaient velues, comme les mains d'Esaü, son frère; et il le bénit.

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 198 (Migne)

    X. Quomodo amplificamus innocentem Joseph, [Col. 0289D] cujus innocentiam tunica commendat talaris (Gen. XXVII, 23) ; innocentem, inquam, et simplicem, obedientem, patientem, verecundum et pudicum, pium et benignum. Absit ut aliquid istorum ei putes abfuisse! Legas actus ejus, e…

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