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Genesis 27:11 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œAnd Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother {is} a hairy man, and I {am} a smooth man:”

Genesis 27:11

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9

Go 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:

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:

12

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}.

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