7 Bible Verses about Not Recognising People

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Genesis 27:23

He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

Genesis 38:16

He turned aside to her along the road and said, "Come on! I want to have sex with you." (He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked, "What will you give me in exchange for having sex with you?"

Genesis 42:8

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

Lamentations 4:8

(Khet) Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark.

Ruth 3:14

So she slept beside him until morning. She woke up while it was still dark. Boaz thought, "No one must know that a woman visited the threshing floor."

Job 2:12

But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.

Matthew 17:12

And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands."

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