Genesis 27:12
“My father peraduenture will feele me, and I shall seeme to him as a deceiuer, and I shall bring a curse vpon me, and not a blessing.”
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Genesis 27:12 Context
10And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eate, and that he may blesse thee, before his death. 11And Iacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 12My father peraduenture will feele me, and I shall seeme to him as a deceiuer, and I shall bring a curse vpon me, and not a blessing. 13And his mother said vnto him, Upon me be thy curse, my sonne: onely obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14And hee went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother, and his mother made sauoury meat, such as his father loued.
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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.
- King James Version
"Perhaps my father will feel me, then I will be as a deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.
- Basic English Bible
My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall be in his sight as one who mocks [him], and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing.
- Darby Bible
My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
- Webster's Bible
What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."
- World English Bible
it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon me disesteem, and not a blessing;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a mocker; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible