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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 27, Verse 12

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And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man:
King James Version
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
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.
New English Translation
My father may touch me! Then he’ll think I’m mocking him and I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”
World English 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."
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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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And he went, and fetched, and brought [them] to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
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And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which [were] with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
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And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
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And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
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And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my son?
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And Jacob said unto his father, I [am] Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
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And Isaac said unto his son, How [is it] that thou hast found [it] so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought [it] to me.
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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.
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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.