Bereshis 27:16

16 And with orot gedayei haizzim (skins of the kids of the goats) she dressed and covered his hands, and also upon the smooth of his tzavar (neck);

Bereshis 27:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 27:16

And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands,
&c.] Upon both his hands, and the whole of them that was bare, that he might appear to be like Esau: and upon the smooth of his neck;
which in Esau was covered with hair as his hands; and Hiscuni, a Jewish writer ^F19, observes, that the skins of goats are rough, and like the skin of a hairy man; and so Bochart

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 remarks, that goats' hair in the eastern countries is not much unlike human hair; see ( 1 Samuel 19:13 1 Samuel 19:16 ) .
F19 Apud Drusium in loc.
F20 Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 51. col. 626.

Bereshis 27:16 In-Context

14 And he went, and got, and brought them to immo: and immo made matamim, such as aviv loved.

15 And Rivkah took begadim of Esav her ben hagadol, the chamudot (best ones) which were with her in the bais, and dressed Ya’akov her ben hakatan;

16 And with orot gedayei haizzim (skins of the kids of the goats) she dressed and covered his hands, and also upon the smooth of his tzavar (neck);

17 And she gave the matamim and the lechem, which she had prepared, into the yad Ya’akov her ben.

18 And he came unto aviv, and said, Avi; and he said, Hineni; who art thou, beni?