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Genesis 27:11

Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.

Majority Standard Bible

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

10Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”

12What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”

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Cross References

Genesis 27:23Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so 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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