Genesis 27:11
9 Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.
10 Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”
Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.
12 What 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.”
13 His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.
- KJV
- And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
- WEB
- Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
- ASV
- And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
- DARBY
- And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
- BLB
- And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man.
- ÅB
- Da sa Jakob til Rebekka, sin mor: Esau, min bror, er jo lodden, og jeg er glatt.
- OTB
- Jakob sa til sin mor Rebekka: «Men min bror Esau er en hårete mann, og jeg har glatt hud.»
- B1930
- Da sa Jakob til Rebekka, sin mor: Esau, min bror, er jo lodden, og jeg er glatt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 25:25
The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
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