Genesis 27:22

22 So Jacob approached his father Isaac, and Isaac touched him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the arms are Esau's arms."

Genesis 27:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 27:22

And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father
Boldly and without trembling; which he could the better do, as his father could not see him, and so not capable of discerning any change in his countenance or outward behaviour: and he felt him;
some parts of his body, especially his hands: and said, the voice [is] Jacob's voice;
very like it, as if it was the same, as indeed it was: but the hands [are] the hands of Esau;
are like them, being hairy as they; or, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem,

``the feeling of the hands is as the feeling of the hands of Esau;''

they feel like them.

Genesis 27:22 In-Context

20 Isaac said to his son, "How could you find this so quickly, my son?" He said, "The LORD your God led me right to it."

21 Isaac said to Jacob, "Come here and let me touch you, my son. Are you my son Esau or not?"

22 So Jacob approached his father Isaac, and Isaac touched him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the arms are Esau's arms."

23 Isaac didn't recognize him because his arms were hairy like Esau's arms, so he blessed him.

24 Isaac said, "Are you really my son Esau?" And he said, "I am."