Genesis 27:12 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 27:12

10 Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he ^amay bless you before his death.”

11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, ^aEsau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.

12 Perhaps my father will ^afeel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring ^ba curse on myself and not a blessing.”

13 But his mother said to him, ^a“Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”

14 And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother ^amade savory food, such as his father loved.

15 Then Rebekah took the ^achoice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 27:12

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Suppose my father feels me; I will seem to him to be a cheat {and} an imposter, and I will bring [his] curse on me and not [his] blessing.

Contemporary English Version
If my father touches me and realizes I am trying to trick him, he will put a curse on me instead of giving me a blessing."

Darby English Version
My 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.

Good News Bible
Perhaps my father will touch me and find out that I am deceiving him; in this way, I will bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing."

King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
"Perhaps my father will feel me, then I will be as a deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing."

New International Version
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."

New King James Version
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.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Perhaps my father will feel me, then he will consider me a deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing."

Revised Standard Version
Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing."

Young's Literal Translation
it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon me disesteem, and not a blessing;'

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