Genesis 27:11
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:In other versions
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
ASV
And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:
BBE
And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
DBY
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
WEB
And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother `is' a hairy man, and I a smooth man,
YLT
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
ENG
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
WBT
Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.
BSB
In context
9Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
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.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Esau
- Rebekah
- Israel
