 | 1890 - 152 pàgines
...Isaac was not quite satisfied, until he felt the rough skin on his hands and neck. Then he said, " The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau," and gave him his blessing. Thus Jacob became the head of the Lord's chosen people. 10. When Esau returned,... | |
 | James Platt - 1890 - 220 pàgines
...animosity has no sex, but manifests itself in women exactly in the same way as in men. The voice may be the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau, and there is not a pin to choose between them. So that the higher moralisation of politics by the inclusion... | |
 | D. & J. Sadlier & Co - 1891 - 400 pàgines
...be my son Esau or not." Jacob drew near, and when the blind patriarch had felt his hands, he said: " The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau." Then he gave him his blessing. 11. Scarcely had Jacob left his father, when Esau returned with... | |
 | James Gibbons - 1891 - 506 pàgines
...illilting robes, the venerable Pontiff would exclaim, (pith the Patriarch of old : " The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau." I feel the garment of the Priest, but I heai the voice of the parson. God grant that, as our... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1904 - 1078 pàgines
...dealing with shipping which was not opposed. I may say that I know at whose hands the opposition comes; " the voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.'' I desire to protect the shipmasters from themselves. They are left no discretion and by the... | |
 | Richard Gilmour - 1894 - 338 pàgines
...kid, sent him to his father. Isaac doubted, but calling Jacob to him, and touching him, he said : " The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau." So he eat, and blessed Jacob. 6. Scarce had Jacob gone out when Esau entered with what he had... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1896 - 474 pàgines
...men who speak the language of modern philosophy, nevertheless think the thoughts of the schoolmen. " The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau." Every day I hear " Cause," " Law," " Force," " Vitality," spoken of as entities, by people who... | |
 | 1912 - 524 pàgines
...said : "I am Esau." The father bade him draw near that he might examine him, and, as he did so, said' the voice is the voice of Jacob but the hands are the hands of Esau. He discerned him not, because his hands were hairy. And so, by. fraud, Jacob obtained the blessing.... | |
 | Huxley, Thomas H. - 1898
...men who speak the language of modern philosophy, nevertheless think the thoughts of the schoolmen. " The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau." « Every day I hear " Cause," " Law," " Force," " Vitality," spoken of as entities, by people... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - 1898 - 434 pàgines
...it. What guides it is a handful of men, exceptionally active, though not always exceptionally wise. The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau. .... . . of the many. And here before pursuing the subject farther let us look back for a moment,... | |
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Are you really my son Esau, or not?" 22 So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 
