Genesis 27:12

¹⁰ And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

¹¹ And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

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.

¹³ And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

¹⁴ And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

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: 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 be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
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2 Corinthians 6:8
By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
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Job 12:16
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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Malachi 1:14
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
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Genesis 25:27
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
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Genesis 27:36
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
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Genesis 27:21–22
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
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