7 Bible Verses about Not Recognising People

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Genesis 27:23

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

Genesis 38:16

He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come, let me come in to you," for he didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"

Genesis 42:8

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.

Lamentations 4:8

Their appearance is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin clings to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

Ruth 3:14

She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could discern another. For he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor."

Job 2:12

When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn't recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.

Matthew 17:12

but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them."

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