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He didn`t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau`s hands. So he blessed him.
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Fallible Senses, Flawed Judgment
Isaac, with failing sight, was suspicious because the voice sounded like Jacob's. However, commentators explain he trusted his sense of touch more, believing it was less prone to deception. The feel of the hairy hands overrode the evidence of his ears, showing how our physical senses can be fooled and lead to significant errors in judgment.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years, he was contemporary with his father. For sixty-one more years, his…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, please, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are my very son Esau or not.
And Jacob went…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he discerned him not As he could not see, he could make no judgment by that sense; and, though he had his hearin…
Jacob, with some difficulty, gained his point and received the blessing. This blessing is in very general terms. No mention is made of the distingu…