She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.
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She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.
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And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
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And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 27:16 And she put the skins of the…
Gen 27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
Ver. 16. And she put the skins of the kids.] This by some is excused, as if it were only dolus bonus, to keep her husband from wrong doing; as, when the physician deceives his patient, that he may heal him. But howsoever what she did may be extenuated, it can hardly be justified, albeit God ordered it to his own purpose.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Upon the two naked parts of his body, which…
Upon the two naked parts of his body, which were most likely to be discovered. As for his face, it is more than probable from his age, which was the same with Esau’s, Gen 26:34, that nature had given him a covering like Esau’s.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And she put the skins of the kids of…
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands,.... 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 (s), observes, that the skins of goats are rough, and like the skin of a hairy man; and so Bochart (t) remarks, that goats' hair in the eastern countries is not much unlike human hair; see Sa1 19:13.
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(s) Apud Drusium in loc. (t) Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 51. col. 626.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 27:16. The skins of the kids of goats…
Gen 27:16. The skins of the kids of goats — It is observed by Bochart, that, in the eastern countries, goats’ hair is very like the human.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. Skins of the kids — The hair of…
16. Skins of the kids — The hair of certain Oriental goats is said to resemble human hair, and Martial (Epig. 12:45) speaks of kid skin “covering the temples and crown of a bare scalp.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. the skins of the kids] An extraordinary comment…
16. the skins of the kids] An extraordinary comment upon the description of Esau as “a hairy man” (Gen_25:25).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) The skins of the kids.—In hot countries the…
(16) The skins of the kids.—In hot countries the coats of animals are far less thick and coarse than in cold climates, and some species of Oriental goats are famous for their soft, silky wool. But in those cases in which men have their bodies covered with hair, it is by no means of a delicate texture. In Son_4:1 Solomon’s hair is compared to that of a flock of goats.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And she put the skins of the kids of…
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats not European, but Oriental camel-goats, whose wool is black, silky, of a much finer texture than that of the former, and sometimes used as a substitute for human hair; (cf. Son_4:1) vide on this subject Rosenm "Scholia," and commentaries generallyupon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck thus cautiously providing against detection, in case, anything occurring to arouse the old man"s suspicions, he should seek, as in reality he did, to test the accuracy of his now dim sight and dull hearing by the sense of touch.
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