Genesis 27:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will seem to him as a deceiver; and I will bring a curse upon myself, and not a blessing.

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  • Deut 27:18 : 18 Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Job 12:16 : 16 With Him are strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are His.
  • Jer 48:10 : 10 Cursed be he who does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.
  • Mal 1:14 : 14 But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is feared among the heathen.
  • 2 Cor 6:8 : 8 By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from every form of evil.
  • Gen 9:25 : 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brothers.
  • Gen 25:27 : 27 And the boys grew; and Esau was a skilled hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a simple man, dwelling in tents.
  • Gen 27:21-22 : 21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I ask you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not. 22 And Jacob went near to 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 he not rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?

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  • Gen 27:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you before his death.

    11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

  • Gen 27:13-16
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    80%

    13And his mother said to him, Let your curse be on me, my son: only obey my voice, and go get them for me.

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

    15And Rebekah took the best garments of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son:

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

  • Gen 27:29-36
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    78%

    29Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be he who blesses you.

    30And it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob was scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

    31And he also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, so that your soul may bless me.

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

    33And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yes, and he shall be blessed.

    34When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

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

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

  • Gen 27:5-7
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    78%

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

    6And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Look, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

    7Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before the LORD before my death.

  • Gen 27:21-27
    7 verses
    78%

    21And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I ask you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.

    22And Jacob went near to 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 did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

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

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

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

    27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the scent of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed:

  • Gen 27:41-42
    2 verses
    77%

    41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill 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 to him, Behold, your brother Esau, concerning you, comforts himself, planning to kill you.

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

    19And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me: arise, I ask you, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.

  • Gen 44:34
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    34For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad is not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come upon my father.

  • Gen 27:38
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    38And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

  • Gen 32:11
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    11Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and attack me, and the mother with the children.

  • Gen 44:29
    73%

    29And if you take this also from me, and harm befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • Gen 31:29
    73%

    29It is in my power to do you harm: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  • Gen 32:20
    73%

    20And say moreover, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.

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

  • Gen 27:45
    73%

    45Until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him: then I will send and get you from there: why should I be deprived of both of you in one day?

  • Gen 27:1
    72%

    1And it happened, when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Here I am.

  • Gen 44:32
    72%

    32For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.