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Genesis 27:11–12

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Genesis 27:11

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

Genesis 27:12

12My 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.

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DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 27:11

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

said

Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

mother

A female parent; figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

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brother

A male sibling; a near kinsman; or a fellow member of a people or faith, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

hairy

Overgrown with hair; covered with hair; abounding with hair.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

man

A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

smooth

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points are perceptible to the touch; not rough.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

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Genesis 27:12

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

feel

To perceive by touch or bodily sensation; by extension, to experience a condition or effect.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

deceiver

One who misleads, cheats, or causes another to believe what is false.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

curse

To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to call for mischief or injury to fall upon; to execrate.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

blessing

The act or words of pronouncing good; divine favor; or a benefit bestowed by God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

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From verse 11

  1. Genesis 25:25
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From verse 12

  1. Deuteronomy 27:18
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  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:22
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  3. 2 Corinthians 6:8
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  4. Genesis 25:27
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  5. Genesis 27:36
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