Genesis 27:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.

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  • Deut 27:18 : 18 Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • Job 12:16 : 16 With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;
  • Jer 48:10 : 10 Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.
  • Mal 1:14 : 14 A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.
  • 2 Cor 6:8 : 8 By glory and by shame, by an evil name and a good name; as untrue, and still true;
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Keep from every form of evil.
  • Gen 9:25 : 25 Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.
  • Gen 25:27 : 27 And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
  • Gen 27:21-22 : 21 And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not. 22 And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
  • Gen 27:36 : 36 And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

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  • Gen 27:10-11
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    10 And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.

    11 And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:

  • Gen 27:13-16
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    13 And his mother said, Let the curse be on me, my son: only do as I say, and go and get them for me.

    14 So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.

    15 And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:

    16 And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck:

  • Gen 27:29-36
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    29 Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

    30 And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

    31 And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

    32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.

    33 And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?

    34 And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!

    35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.

    36 And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

  • Gen 27:5-7
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    5 Now Isaac's words to his son were said in Rebekah's hearing. Then Esau went out to get the meat.

    6 And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,

    7 Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death.

  • Gen 27:21-27
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    21 And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.

    22 And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

    23 And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.

    24 And he said, Are you truly my son Esau? And he said, I am.

    25 And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.

    26 And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, my son, and give me a kiss.

    27 And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:

  • Gen 27:41-42
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    41 So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

    42 Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.

  • Gen 27:18-19
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    18 And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I: who are you, my son?

    19 And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

  • Gen 44:34
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    34 For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

  • Gen 27:38
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    38 And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.

  • Gen 32:11
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    11 Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

  • Gen 44:29
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    29 If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

  • Gen 31:29
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    29 It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

  • Gen 32:20
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    20 And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.

  • Gen 31:5
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    5 And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

  • Gen 27:45
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    45 Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?

  • Gen 27:1
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    1 Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.

  • Gen 44:32
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    32 For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.