Genesis 27:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

My father may possibly feele me, and I shal seem to him to be a mocker: so shall I bring a curse vpon me, and not a blessing.

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  • Deut 27:18 : 18 Cursed be he that maketh ye blinde go out of the way: And all the people shal say: So be it.
  • Job 12:16 : 16 With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.
  • Jer 48:10 : 10 Cursed be he that doeth the worke of the Lord negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth backe his sword from blood.
  • Mal 1:14 : 14 But cursed be the deceiuer, which hath in his flocke a male, & voweth, and sacrificeth vnto ye Lorde a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, sayth the Lord of hostes, and my Name is terrible among the heathen.
  • 2 Cor 6:8 : 8 By honour, and dishonour, by euill report, and good report, as deceiuers, and yet true:
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Absteine from all appearance of euill.
  • Gen 9:25 : 25 And said, Cursed be Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall he be vnto his brethren.
  • Gen 25:27 : 27 And the boyes grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, and liued in the fields: but Iaakob was a plaine man, and dwelt in tentes.
  • Gen 27:21-22 : 21 Againe sayde Izhak vnto Iaakob, Come neere nowe, that I may feele thee, my sonne, whether thou be that my sonne Esau or not. 22 Then Iaakob came neere to Izhak his father, and he felt him and sayd, The voyce is Iaakobs voyce, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
  • Gen 27:36 : 36 Then he sayde, Was hee not iustly called Iaakob? for hee hath deceiued mee these two times: he tooke my birthright, and loe, nowe hath he taken my blessing. Also he sayd, Hast thou not reserued a blessing for me?

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  • Gen 27:10-11
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    81%

    10Then shalt thou bring it to thy father, and he shal eate, to the intent that he may blesse thee before his death.

    11But Iaakob sayde to Rebekah his mother, Beholde, Esau my brother is rough, and I am smoothe.

  • Gen 27:13-16
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    80%

    13But his mother sayd vnto him, vpon me be thy curse, my sonne: onely heare my voyce, and go and bring me them.

    14So he went and set them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made pleasant meat, such as his father loued.

    15And Rebekah tooke faire clothes of her elder sonne Esau, which were in her house, and clothed Iaakob her yonger sonne:

    16And she couered his hands and the smoothe of his necke with the skinnes of the kiddes of the goates.

  • Gen 27:29-36
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    29Let people bee thy seruantes, and nations bowe vnto thee: be Lorde ouer thy brethren, and let thy mothers children honour thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

    30And when Izhak had made an ende of blessing Iaakob, and Iaakob was scarce gone out from the presence of Izhak his father, then came Esau his brother from his hunting,

    31And hee also prepared sauourie meate and brought it to his father, and sayd vnto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his sonnes venison, that thy soule may blesse me.

    32But his father Izhak sayde vnto him, Who art thou? And he answered, I am thy sonne, euen thy first borne Esau.

    33Then Izhak was stricken with a marueilous great feare, and sayde, Who and where is hee that hunted venison, and brought it mee, and I haue eate of all before thou camest? And I haue blessed him, therefore he shalbe blessed.

    34When Esau heard the wordes of his father, he cryed out with a great crye and bitter, out of measure, and sayde vnto his father, Blesse me, euen me also, my father.

    35Who answered, Thy brother came with subtiltie, and hath taken away thy blessing.

    36Then he sayde, Was hee not iustly called Iaakob? for hee hath deceiued mee these two times: he tooke my birthright, and loe, nowe hath he taken my blessing. Also he sayd, Hast thou not reserued a blessing for me?

  • Gen 27:5-7
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    78%

    5(Nowe Rebekah heard, when Izhak spake to Esau his sonne) and Esau went into the fielde to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

    6Then Rebekah spake vnto Iaakob her sonne, saying, Beholde, I haue heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, saying,

    7Bring mee venision, and make mee sauourie meate, that I may eate and blesse thee before the Lord, afore my death.

  • Gen 27:21-27
    7 verses
    78%

    21Againe sayde Izhak vnto Iaakob, Come neere nowe, that I may feele thee, my sonne, whether thou be that my sonne Esau or not.

    22Then Iaakob came neere to Izhak his father, and he felt him and sayd, The voyce is Iaakobs voyce, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

    23(For he knewe him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esaus hands: wherefore he blessed him)

    24Againe he sayd, Art thou that my sonne Esau? Who answered, Yea.

    25Then said he, Bring it me hither, and I will eate of my sonnes venison, that my soule may blesse thee; he brought it to him, and he ate: also he brought him wine, and he dranke.

    26Afterward his father Izhak sayd vnto him, Come neere nowe, and kisse me, my sonne.

    27And hee came neere and kissed him. Then he smelled the sauour of his garmentes, and blessed him, and sayde, Behold, the smell of my sonne is as the smell of a fielde, which the Lorde hath blessed.

  • Gen 27:41-42
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    77%

    41Therefore Esau hated Iaakob, because of the blessing, wherewith his father blessed him; Esau thought in his minde, The dayes of mourning for my father will come shortly, then I will slay may brother Iaakob.

    42And it was told to Rebekah of the wordes of Esau her elder sonne, and shee sent and called Iaakob her yonger sonne, and sayd vnto him, Beholde, thy brother Esau is comforted against thee, meaning to kill thee:

  • Gen 27:18-19
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    76%

    18And when he came to his father, he sayd, My father. Who answered, I am here: who art thou, my sonne?

    19And Iaakob sayde to his father, I am Esau thy first borne, I haue done as thou badest me, arise, I pray thee: sit vp and eate of my venison, that thy soule may blesse me.

  • Gen 44:34
    76%

    34For howe can I go vp to my father, if the childe be not with me, vnlesse I woulde see the euil that shall come on my father?

  • Gen 27:38
    76%

    38Then Esau sayde vnto his father, Hast thou but one blessing my father? blesse mee, euen me also, my father: and Esau lifted vp his voyce, and wept.

  • Gen 32:11
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    11I pray thee, Deliuer me from the hande of my brother, from the hande of Esau: for I feare him, least he will come and smite me, and the mother vpon the children.

  • Gen 44:29
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    29Nowe yee take this also away from me: if death take him, then yee shall bring my graye head in sorowe to the graue.

  • Gen 31:29
    73%

    29I am able to do you euill: but the God of your father spake vnto me yesternight, saying, Take heed that thou speake not to Iaakob ought saue good.

  • Gen 32:20
    73%

    20And ye shall say moreouer, Beholde, thy seruant Iaakob commeth after vs (for he thought, I will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterwarde I will see his face: it may be that he will accept me.)

  • Gen 31:5
    73%

    5Then sayde hee vnto them, I see your fathers countenance, that it is not towardes me as it was wont, and the God of my father hath bene with me.

  • Gen 27:45
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    45And till thy brothers wrath turne away from thee, and hee forget the thinges, which thou hast done to him: then will I sende and take thee from thence: why shoulde I bee depriued of you both in one day?

  • Gen 27:1
    72%

    1And when Izhak was olde, and his eyes were dimme (so that he coulde not see) he called Esau his eldest sonne, and sayde vnto him, My sonne; he answered him, I am here.

  • Gen 44:32
    72%

    32Doubtlesse thy seruant became suertie for the childe to my father, and said, If I bring him not vnto thee againe, then I will beare the blame vnto my father for euer.