Genesis 27:11–12
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
And Iacob 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.
My father peraduenture will feele me, and I shall seeme to him as a deceiuer, and I shall bring a curse vpon me, and not a blessing.
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- Genesis 25:25Rank 1 from verse 11
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- Deuteronomy 27:18Rank 1 from verse 12
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- Genesis 27:36Rank 5 from verse 12
36And 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?
36And he said, Is not he rightly naned †Iacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: hee tooke away my birthright, and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing: and hee said, Hast thou not reserued a blessing for mee?
- Malachi 1:14Rank 7 from verse 12
14But 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.
14†But cursed be the deceiuer, which hath in his flocke a male, and voweth and sacrificeth vnto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hostes, and my name is dreadfull among the heathen.
- Genesis 27:21–22Rank 8 from verse 12
21And 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.
22And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
21And Isaac saide vnto Iacob, Come neere, I pray thee, that I may feele thee, my sonne, whether thou bee my very sonne Esau, or not.
22And Iacob went neere vnto Isaac his father: and hee felt him, and said, The voyce is Iacobs voyce, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
- Genesis 9:25Rank 9 from verse 12
- Jeremiah 48:10Rank 10 from verse 12
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Genesis 27:11
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.
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Overgrown with hair; covered with hair; abounding with hair.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points are perceptible to the touch; not rough.
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Genesis 27:12
Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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peradventure
Perhaps, possibly, it may be, or if it should happen.
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To perceive by touch or bodily sensation; by extension, to experience a condition or effect.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To appear, be regarded, or be fitting.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
One who misleads, cheats, or causes another to believe what is false.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A pronouncement, sentence, or imposed condition of evil, loss, or judgment; an oath invoking such a penalty. Sense 2: As a verb, to pronounce judgment or evil upon, condemn, or revile.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Sense 1: The act or words of pronouncing good; divine favor. Sense 2: A benefit bestowed by God.
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27:6¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
27:6¶ And Rebekah spake vnto Iacob her sonne, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speake vnto Esau thy brother, saying,
27:7Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.
27:7Bring me venison, and make mee sauoury meat, that I may eate, and blesse thee before the LORD, before my death.
27:8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
27:8Now therefore, my sonne, obey my voyce, according to that which I command thee.
27:9Go 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:
27:9Goe now to the flocke, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goates, and I will make them sauoury meat for thy father, such as he loueth.
27:10And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
27:10And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eate, and that he may blesse thee, before his death.
27:11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
27:11And Iacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
Selected passage27:12My 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.
27:12My father peraduenture will feele me, and I shall seeme to him as a deceiuer, and I shall bring a curse vpon me, and not a blessing.
Selected passage27:13And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
27:13And his mother said vnto him, Upon me be thy curse, my sonne: onely obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
27:14And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
27:14And hee went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother, and his mother made sauoury meat, such as his father loued.
27:15And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
27:15And Rebekah tooke †goodly raiment of her eldest sonne Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them vpon Iacob her yonger sonne:
27:16And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
27:16And shee put the skinnes of the kids of the goats vpon his hands, and vpon the smooth of his necke.
27:17And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
27:17And she gaue the sauoury meate, and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her sonne Iacob.