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Genesis 27:12

Fear

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

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

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.”

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

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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.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
My 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.
BLB
Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will be in his eyes as a deceiver, and I shall bring on myself a curse and not a blessing.”
ÅB
Kanskje min far kjenner på meg og så tror at jeg vil ha ham til narr, og jeg kommer til å føre en forbannelse over meg og ikke en velsignelse.
OTB
Kanskje min far vil berøre meg, og jeg vil virke for ham som en bedrager, og jeg vil bringe over meg selv en forbannelse i stedet for en velsignelse.»
B1930
Kanskje min far kjenner på mig og så tror at jeg vil ha ham til narr, og jeg kommer til å føre en forbannelse over mig og ikke en velsignelse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 27:18

    ‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:22

    Abstain from every form of evil.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:8

    through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;

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  • Job 12:16

    True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

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  • Malachi 1:14

    “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.

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  • Genesis 25:27

    When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

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  • Genesis 27:36

    So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

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  • Genesis 27:21–22

    Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”

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