And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob’s voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.
22. And Jacob went near ] Luther says, “Had I been Jacob, I should have dropped the dish.”
The voice is Jacob’s voice ] Here is expressed the original source of Isaac’s hesitation. The touch of his arms dispels all doubt; cf. Gen 27:14 ; Gen 27:16.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
22. Hands of Esau Isaac’s words are, literally: The voice is voice of Jacob, and the two hands hands of Esau . The old man is dubious; there is something about it inexplicable . So he proceeds to bless him; not, however, without asking him once more, 24 . Art thou my very son Esau Hebrews, Thou this my son Esau?
With an obduracy and boldness unparalleled the supplanter says, I am.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Gen 27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob’s voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.
Ver. 22. The voice is Jacob’s voice.] Jacob must name himself Esau, with the voice of Jacob. It is hard, if our tongues do not betray us, in spite of our clothes, as it did the wife of Jeroboam.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
The voice: How wonderful, says Mr. Scott, is that difference which there is betwixt the faces and the voices of the several individuals of the human species! Scarcely any two of the innumerable millions are exactly alike in either, and yet the difference cannot be defined or described! The power, wisdom, and kindness of our Creator should be admired and adored in this remarkable circumstance; for they are very visible. This description of Jacob is not unaptly accommodated to the character of a hypocrite: his voice, his language, is that of a Christian; his hands, or conduct, that of an ungodly man, but the judgment will proceed from God, the Judge of all, at the last day, as in the present case, not by the voice, but by the hands. Gen 27:22
Reciprocal: Gen 27:12 – feel Jdg 18:3 – they knew
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The {e} voice [is] Jacob’s voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.
(e) This declares that he suspected something, yet God would not have his decree altered.