²³ He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands, so he blessed him.^(A)

²⁰ By faith Isaac invoked blessings for the future on Jacob and Esau.

¹⁶ and she put the skins of the kids on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

¹¹ even before they had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose of election might continue, ¹² not by works but by his call) she was told, “The elder shall serve the younger.”^(A)