King James Version
Genesis 27:11 in the King James Version says “And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:”
Genesis 27:11 · KJV
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
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.
And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“his mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
“my brother”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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