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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.”
• 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.”

Context of Genesis 27:12

10Then you’ll bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before his death.” 11But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I’m a smooth man. Perhaps my father will touch me, and he’ll take me for a mocker, and I’ll bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing.” 13Then his mother said to him, “Let your curse fall on me, my son. Just listen to me, and go, get them for me.” 14So he went and got them, and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared a delicious meal that his father would love.

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 27:22So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac, and he felt him. Then he said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice but the hands are Esau’s hands.”
• Job 12:16With Him are power and sound wisdom; both deceived and deceiver are His.
• 2 Corinthians 6:8through honor and dishonor, through evil report and good report. We are regarded as deceivers and yet true;
• Genesis 27:36He said, “Is this why he was named Jacob—since he’s tricked me twice already? My birthright he’s taken. Look! Now he’s taken my blessing!” Then he said, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
• Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a man knowledgeable in hunting, an outdoorsman, while Jacob was a mild man, remaining in tents.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:22keep away from every kind of evil.
• Genesis 9:25So he said, “Cursed is Canaan: the lowest slave will he be to his brothers.”
• Deuteronomy 27:18‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’
• Jeremiah 48:10Cursed is the one who does the work of Adonai with slackness, and cursed is the one who withholds his sword from blood.
• Malachi 1:14“Moreover, cursed is a deceiver who has in his flock a male, but makes a vow and sacrifices something blemished to my Lord. For I am a great King,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “and My Name shall be revered 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