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Genesis 27:12

World English Bible

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.”

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Genesis 27:12 in other translations

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.

Genesis 27:12 · American Standard Version

Genesis 27:12 in context

  1. 10You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”
  2. 11Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
  3. 12What 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.”
  4. 13His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”
  5. 14He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.