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Genesis 27:12 — King James Version← Study notes

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 27:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:1211 words
HebrewMeaning
אוּלַ֤יʾwlay
perhapsadvH194
may be · peradventure · unless
יְמֻשֵּׁ֨/נִי֙yəmušēniy
he will feel meverbH4959
grope · search
אָבִ֔/יʾābiy
father mynounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/הָיִ֥יתִיwəhāyiytiy
and I will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בְ/עֵינָ֖י/וbəʿēynāyw
in view hispronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
כִּ/מְתַעְתֵּ֑עַkimətaʿətēʿa
like a mockerpronH8591
misuse
וְ/הֵבֵאתִ֥יwəhēbēʾtiy
and I will bringconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
עָלַ֛/יʿālay
on myselfpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
קְלָלָ֖הqəlālāh
a cursenounH7045
-ing)
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
בְרָכָֽהbərākāh
a blessingnounH1293
liberal · pool · present
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Jacob is about to deceive his blind father Isaac to steal his brother's blessing. Before he goes in, he voices his fear: What if I get caught? What if he feels my hands (I'm not hairy like Esau)? Reb...
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