Genesis 27
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Genesis 27:11-17

11Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290answeredוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559his motherאִמּ֑וֹ'i.MoH517Rebekahרִבְקָ֖הriv.KahH7259, “Beholdהֵ֣ןhenH2005,Esauעֵשָׂ֤ו'e.SavH6215my brotherאָחִי֙'a.ChiH251is ahairyשָׂעִ֔רsa.'IrH8163manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376and I am a smoothחָלָֽק׃cha.LakH2509manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376.
12Perhapsאוּלַ֤י'u.LaiH194my fatherאָבִ֔י'a.ViH1will feelיְמֻשֵּׁ֙נִי֙ye.mu.She.niH4959me, then I will be as adeceiverכִּמְתַעְתֵּ֑עַkim.ta'.Te.a'H8591in his sightבְעֵינָ֖יוve.'ei.NavH5869,and I will bringוְהֵבֵאתִ֥יve.he.ve.TiH935upon myself a curseקְלָלָ֖הke.la.LahH7045and not a blessingבְרָכָֽה׃ve.ra.KhahH1293.”
13But his motherאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517saidוַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merH559to him, “Your curseקִלְלָתְךָ֖ki.la.te.ChaH7045be on me, my sonבְּנִ֑יbe.NiH1121;onlyאַ֛ךְ'akhH389obeyשְׁמַ֥עshe.Ma'H8085my voiceבְּקֹלִ֖יbe.ko.LiH6963,and goוְלֵ֥ךְve.LekhH1980,getקַֽח־kach-H3947them for me.”
14So he wentוַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙vai.Ye.lekhH1980and gotוַיִּקַּ֔חvai.yi.KachH3947them,and broughtוַיָּבֵ֖אvai.ya.Ve'H935themto his motherלְאִמּ֑וֹle.'i.MoH517;and his motherאִמּוֹ֙'i.MoH517madeוַתַּ֤עַשׂva.Ta.'asH6213savoryמַטְעַמִּ֔יםmat.'a.MimH4303foodH4303suchH3512as his fatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1lovedאָהֵ֥ב'a.HevH157.
15Then Rebekahרִ֠בְקָהRiv.kahH7259tookוַתִּקַּ֣חva.ti.KachH3947thebestH2536garmentsבִּגְדֵ֨יbig.DeiH899of Esauעֵשָׂ֜ו'e.SavH6215her elderהַגָּדֹל֙ha.ga.DolH1419sonבְּנָ֤הּbe.NahH1121,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834were with her in the houseבַּבָּ֑יִתba.Ba.yitH1004,and putוַתַּלְבֵּ֥שׁva.tal.BeshH3847them on Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290her youngerהַקָּטָֽן׃ha.ka.TanH6996sonבְּנָ֥הּbe.NahH1121.
16And she putהִלְבִּ֖ישָׁהhil.Bi.shahH3847the skinsעֹרֹת֙'o.RotH5785of theyoungH1423H5795goatsהָֽעִזִּ֔יםha.'i.ZimH1423H5795on his handsיָדָ֑יוya.DavH3027and on the smoothH2513partH2513of his neckצַוָּארָֽיו׃tza.va.RavH6677.
17She also gaveוַתִּתֵּ֧ןva.ti.TenH5414the savoryהַמַּטְעַמִּ֛יםha.mat.'a.MimH4303foodH4303and the breadהַלֶּ֖חֶםha.Le.chemH3899,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834she had madeעָשָׂ֑תָה'a.Sa.tahH6213,to her sonבְּנָֽהּ׃be.NahH1121Jacobיַעֲקֹ֥בya.'a.KoH3290.
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