Genesis 27:11

Genesis 27:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
• New International Version (NIV)Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.

Context of Genesis 27:11

9Go, I pray thee, to the flock, and fetch me thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make of them a savoury dish for thy father, such as he loves. 10And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, in order that he may bless thee before his death. And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 12My 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. 13And his mother said to him, On me [be] thy curse, my son! Only hearken to my voice, and go, fetch [them].

Genesis 27:11 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶל־רִבְקָ֖ה אִמּ֑וֹ הֵ֣ן עֵשָׂ֤ו אָחִי֙ אִ֣ישׁ שָׂעִ֔ר וְאָנֹכִ֖י אִ֥ישׁ חָלָֽק׃Read the interlinear

• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
• Esauעֵשָׂו‛êώâv · EsauH6215
• brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• smoothחָלָקchâlâq · smoothH2509

Cross-references for Genesis 27:11

• Genesis 25:25And the first came out red — all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

Commentaries on Genesis 27:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-46Verses 1-46 - Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the paternal roof. The remaining forty-four years are passed in the retirement of old age. The chapter before us narrates the last solemn acts of the middle period of his life. Genesis 27:1-4 Isaac was old. - Joseph was in his thirtieth year when he…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-17Verses 6-17 Rebekah knew that the blessing was intended for Jacob, and expected he would have it. But she wronged Isaac by putting a cheat on him; she wronged Jacob by tempting him to wickedness. She put a stumbling-block in Esau's way, and gave him a pretext for hatred to Jacob and to religion. All were to be blamed. It was one of those crooked measures often adopted to further the Divine promises; as if the end would justify, or excuse wrong means. Thus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12Jacob had no problem tricking his father. He only worried it might fail and Isaac would curse him for attempting it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Jacob said, Esau my brother is a hairy man--It is remarkable that his scruples were founded, not on the evil of the act, but on the risk and consequences of deception.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 27:11

• Children
• Covetousness
• Craftiness
• Deception
• Dishonesty
• Falsehood
• Family
• Favoritism
• Jacob
• Parents
• Rebekah (Rebecca)
• Temptation
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Esau
• Jacob
• Rebekah
• Bless
• Cry
• Deceiver
• Dim
• Exceedingly
• Fatness
• Feel

Commentaries on Genesis 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings