And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
23. blessed ] Anticipating Gen 27:26-29.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 23. And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy] From this circumstance we may learn that Isaac’s sense of feeling was much impaired by his present malady. When he could not discern the skin of a kid from the flesh of his son, we see that he was, through his infirmity, in a fit state to be imposed on by the deceit of his wife, and the cunning of his younger son.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
He discerned him not, because all his senses were not only dulled with age and infirmity, but also held by Divine Providence, as theirs, Luk 24:16, for the bringing about his own purpose; so that it is no wonder he was so grossly deceived in the whole business.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And he discerned him not,…. As he could not see, he could make no judgment by that sense; and, though he had his hearing, and thought the voice was like Jacob’s, he might imagine there might be an alteration in Esau’s voice, coming in haste and weary from the fields; yet, as there could not be any deception in his feeling, he thought it safest to trust to that, as it follows:
because his hands were hairy as his brother Esau’s hands; which could not in a short time become so naturally; it was more reasonable to think that Esau’s voice should be altered and become like Jacob’s, than that Jacob’s hands should become like Esau’s:
so he blessed him; or intended and determined within himself to bless him, for the blessing was not given till afterwards; unless this is to be understood of a common blessing, congratulating him on the quick dispatch he made, and the great success he met with; and after this gave him the patriarchal blessing, which as yet he had not, being not thoroughly satisfied of him, as appears by what follows.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
Ver. 23. So he blessed him. ] See Trapp on “ Gen 27:25 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
his hands: Gen 27:16
he blessed: Rom 9:11, Rom 9:12, Heb 11:20
Reciprocal: Gen 25:25 – Esau Gen 27:4 – that my