Genesis 27:23

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He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

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The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

Canaan in the Patriarchal AgeCanaan during the patriarchal period, before the Israelite conquest.

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Haran was an important ancestral center in upper Mesopotamia, where Abraham’s relatives lived. Though not named in this verse, it becomes Jacob’s destination after Isaac’s mistaken blessing, as Jacob flees the consequences

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Genesis 27:23 mentions Haran.