Genesis 27 · Verse 12

Genesis 27:12

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.
Genesis 27:12, King James Version

Genesis 27:12 in other translations

BSBWhat if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
WEBWhat 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.”
ASVMy 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.
YLTit 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;'
DARBYMy 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.
BBEIf 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.
WebsterMy 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.

What does Genesis 27:12 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 I shall bring a curse upon me - For even in those early times the spirit of that law was understood, Deu 27:18 : Cursed is he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way; and Jacob seems to have possessed at this time a more tender conscience than his mother.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 27:6-17

Rebekah knew that the blessing was intended for Jacob, and expected he would have it. But she wronged Isaac by putting a cheat on him; she wronged Jacob by tempting him to wickedness. She put a stumbling-block in Esau's way, and gave him a pretext for hatred to Jacob and to religion. All were to be blamed. It was one of those crooked measures often adopted to further the Divine promises; as if the end would justify…

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Genesis 27:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אוּלַ֤י'u.LaiperhapsH194
יְמֻשֵּׁ֙נִי֙ye.mu.She.nihe will feel meH4959
אָבִ֔י'a.Vifather myH1
וְהָיִ֥יתִיve.ha.Yi.tiand I will beH1961
בְעֵינָ֖יוve.'ei.Navin view hisH5869
כִּמְתַעְתֵּ֑עַkim.ta'.Te.a'like a mockerH8591
וְהֵבֵאתִ֥יve.he.ve.Tiand I will bringH935
עָלַ֛י'a.Laion myselfH5921
קְלָלָ֖הke.la.Laha curseH7045
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
בְרָכָֽה\׃ve.ra.Khaha blessingH1293

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 27:12

  • Deuteronomy 27:18

    Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:22

    Abstain from all appearance of evil.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:8

    By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

  • Job 12:16

    With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

  • Malachi 1:14

    But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

  • Genesis 25:27

    And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

  • Genesis 27:36

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

  • Genesis 27:21-22

    And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

  • Genesis 9:25

    And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

  • Jeremiah 48:10

    Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
feel.
22; Job 12:16; 2Co 6:8
a deceiver.
36; 25:27; 1Th 5:22
and I shall.
9:25; De 27:18; Jer 48:10; Mal 1:14

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Context

  • 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 27:12

    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.

  • Genesis 27:13

    And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

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Genesis 27:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Quizá me tentará mi padre, y me tendrá por burlador, y traeré sobre mí maldición y no bendición.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Peut-être que mon père me tâtera, et je passerai à ses yeux pour un trompeur, et je ferai venir sur moi la malédiction, et non pas la bénédiction.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Vielleicht wird mein Vater mich betasten, und ich werde in seinen Augen sein wie einer, der Spott mit ihm treibt, und ich werde Fluch auf mich bringen und nicht Segen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		si attrectaverit me pater meus, et senserit, timeo ne putet me sibi voluisse illudere, et inducam super me maledictionem pro benedictione.