Genesis 27:13

His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

In Context

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.”

14So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:33“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.

Genesis 43:9I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.

1 Samuel 14:36And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”

2 Samuel 14:9But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”

Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

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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