Genesis 27:12

Perhaps my father will touch me; then I will appear to him to be a deceiver, and I will bring blame upon me and not a blessing.”

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In The King James Version

My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

In Context

11But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “You know that my brother Esau is a hairy man, while I am smooth.

13But his mother said to him, “Let the curse be on me, my son; only obey me and go, bring the goats to me.”

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27As they grew up, Esau became a skilful hunter, a man who lived out in the fields; but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed about the tents.

Genesis 27:36Esau said, “He was correctly named Jacob. He has supplanted me these two times: he took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing!” Then he said, “Have you kept a blessing for me?”

Malachi 1:14“Cursed be the cheat, who has in his flock a valuable male, but vows and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished animal! For I am a great king,” says the Lord of hosts, “and my name is feared among the nations.”

1 Thessalonians 5:22shun every form of evil.

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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