Genesis 27:22

22 And Jacob drew nigh to his father Isaac, and he felt him, and said, The voice Jacob's voice, but the hands the hands of Esau.

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 And Isaac said to his son, What is this which thou hast quickly found? And he said, That which the Lord thy God presented before me.

21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Draw night to me, and I will feel thee, son, if thou art my son Esau or not.

22 And Jacob drew nigh to his father Isaac, and he felt him, and said, The voice Jacob's voice, but the hands the hands of Esau.

23 And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him,

24 and he said, Art thou my son Esau? and he said, I .