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Genesis 27:12 KJV
Genesis · chapter 27 · verse 12
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.Genesis 27:12 · King James Version
Genesis 27:12 in context
10And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
12My 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.
13And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- deceivertâʻaʻto cheatH8591 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- bringbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- curseqᵉlâlâhvilificationH7045 →
- feelmâshashto feel ofH4959 →
- seemʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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Rebekah is here contriving to procure for Jacob the blessing which was designed for Esau; and here, I. The end was good, for she was directed in this intention by the oracle of God, by which she had been governed in dispensing her affections. God had said it should be so, that the elder should serve the younger;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-17