And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
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Hippolytus of Rome
AD 235
How clearly Jacob has shown here his piety! … In other respects it was also true what was said by Jacob, that is: “My brother Esau is a hairy man,” that is, a sinner, “but I am a man of smooth skin.” In fact, through these words the faultless and sinless character of the flesh of the Lord is revealed.
