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Genesis 27

Genesis 27:11

Isaac Blesses Jacob · Genesis 27:1–29
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Translations

Modern
Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.
Traditional
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
Literal
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
Latin
Cui ille respondit: Nosti quod Esau frater meus homo pilosus sit, et ego lenis:

Original

Hebrew
English
Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.

Notes

Genesis 27:11–12

Jacob had no problem tricking his father. He only worried it might fail and Isaac would curse him for attempting it.

Genesis 27:5–17

The blessing seemed to be at risk. In the second scene, Rebekah and Jacob tried to gain God’s blessing through deception, rather than through faith and love. Rebekah made a plan to trick Isaac, who was old, into thinking he was blessing Esau when he was actually blessing Jacob.

Genesis 27:1–40

Jacob got his father Isaac’s blessing through deception. In this story, an entire family tries to carry out their responsibilities by physical means rather than by faith. Faith would have provided Rebekah and Jacob a more honorable solution to the crisis.

Parallels

Hebrews 11:20

People

Esau: Isaac's firstborn son; sold birthright to Jacob; became Edom Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Rebekah: Wife of Isaac; mother of Jacob and Esau

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Birthright Ebla Tablets Esau Food and Food Preparation Genealogy Genesis, Book of Idumea, Idumeans Isaac Jacob’s Ladder Leah Nathanael Patriarchs, Period of the Primogeniture Rebecca, Rebekah

Topics

Children: Partiality of Parents Among: Rebekah for Jacob Covetousness in Defrauding Esau of His, Father's Blessing Craftiness: Obtaining Isaac's Blessing Deception: Jacob and Rebekah, in Imposing Jacob on his Father, and Jacob's Impersonating Esau Dishonesty: Jacob Steals his Father's Blessing Dishonesty: Rebekah's Craftiness in Jacob's Behalf Falsehood: Rebekah and Isaac, in the Conspiracy Against Esau Family: Infelicity In of Isaac, on Account of the Disagreement Between Jacob and Esau Favoritism: Rebekah, for Jacob Jacob: Fradulently Obtains his Father's Blessing Parents: Partiality of Rebekah for Jacob Parents: Paternal Blessings of Isaac Rebekah (Rebecca): Prompts Jacob to Deceive Isaac Temptation: Yielding to Jacob, to Defraud Esau Women: Rebekah, in Her Partiality for Jacob, and Her Sharp Practice to Secure for Him Isaac's Blessing