Genesis 27:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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  • Deut 27:18 : 18 Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Job 12:16 : 16 With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his.
  • Jer 48:10 : 10 Cursed [be] he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed [be] he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
  • Mal 1:14 : 14 But cursed [be] the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I [am] a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name [is] dreadful among the heathen.
  • 2 Cor 6:8 : 8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and [yet] true;
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
  • Gen 9:25 : 25 And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
  • Gen 25:27 : 27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.
  • Gen 27:21-22 : 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou [be] my very son Esau or not. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.
  • Gen 27:36 : 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

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  • Gen 27:10-11
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    81%

    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:

  • Gen 27:13-16
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    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.

    15And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which [were] with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

    16And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

  • Gen 27:29-36
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    78%

    29Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed [be] every one that curseth thee, and blessed [be] he that blesseth thee.

    30¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

    31And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

    32And Isaac his father said unto him, Who [art] thou? And he said, I [am] thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

    33And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he that hath taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed.

    34And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, [even] me also, O my father.

    35And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

    36And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

  • Gen 27:5-7
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    78%

    5And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].

    6¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

    7Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.

  • Gen 27:21-27
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    21And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou [be] my very son Esau or not.

    22And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.

    23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

    24And he said, [Art] thou my very son Esau? And he said, I [am].

    25And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought [it] near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

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

    27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son [is] as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:

  • Gen 27:41-42
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    77%

    41¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

    42And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.

  • Gen 27:18-19
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    76%

    18¶ And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my son?

    19And Jacob said unto his father, I [am] Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

  • Gen 44:34
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    34For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

  • Gen 27:38
    76%

    38And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, [even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

  • Gen 32:11
    75%

    11Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.

  • Gen 44:29
    73%

    29And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Gen 31:29
    73%

    29It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  • Gen 32:20
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    20And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

  • Gen 31:5
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    5And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

  • Gen 27:45
    73%

    45Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget [that] which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

  • Gen 27:1
    72%

    1¶ And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I.

  • Gen 44:32
    72%

    32For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.