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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 27, Verse 13

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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.
King James Version
And his mother said unto him, Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me [them].
American Standard Version
And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
New English Translation
So his mother told him,“Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!”
World English Bible
His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."
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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.
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And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.