King James Version
Genesis 27:12 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
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.
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“me and I shall seem”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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