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Genesis 27:11

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
Genesis 27:11 · King James Version

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

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