Genesis 27:11

And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

In Context

10And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, in order that he may bless thee before his death.

12My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall be in his sight as one who mocks [him], and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:23And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:7-18

6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death. 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he… Read the whole commentary →

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