Genesis 27:12

Genesis 27:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)What if my father touches me? He’ll see that I’m trying to trick him, and then he’ll curse me instead of blessing me.”

Context of Genesis 27:12

10Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.” 11Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin. What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing.” 13His mother said to him, “My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me.” 14So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.

Genesis 27:12 word by word

אוּלַ֤י יְמֻשֵּׁ֙נִי֙ אָבִ֔י וְהָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינָ֖יו כִּמְתַעְתֵּ֑עַ וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י עָלַ֛י קְלָלָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א בְרָכָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• peradventure will feelמָשַׁשׁmâshash · to feelH4959
• me, and I shall seemעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• to him as a deceiverתָּעַעtâ‛a‛ · to mockH8591
• and I shall bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• a curseקְלָלָהqelâlâh · curseH7045
• upon me, and not a blessingבְּרָכָהberâkâh · blessingH1293

Cross-references for Genesis 27:12

• Genesis 27:22Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
• Job 12:16To him belong strength and insight; both deceived and deceiver are his.
• 2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;
• Genesis 27:36Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!” Then he asked, “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?”
• Genesis 25:27The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:22reject every kind of evil.
• Genesis 9:25he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.”
• Deuteronomy 27:18“Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
• Jeremiah 48:10“A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!
• Malachi 1:14“Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the Lord Almighty, “and my name is to be feared among the nations.

Commentaries on Genesis 27:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I shall bring a curse upon me - For even in those early times the spirit of that law was understood, Deuteronomy 27:18; : Cursed is he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way; and Jacob seems to have possessed at this time a more tender conscience than his mother.Read the comment
• 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. 1-271. when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim--He was in his hundred thirty-seventh year; and apprehending death to be near, Isaac prepared to make his last will--an act of the gravest importance, especially as it included the conveyance through a prophetic spirit of the patriarchal blessing.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 27:12

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

In the dictionaries

• Bless
• Cry
• Deceiver
• Dim
• Exceedingly
• Fatness
• Feel
• Fetch
• Hairy
• Hunt

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