◄ Genesis 27:11 ►
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Good News Translation
But Jacob said to his mother, "You know that Esau is a hairy man, but I have smooth skin.

New Revised Standard Version
But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a man of smooth skin.

Contemporary English Version
"My brother Esau is a hairy man," Jacob reminded her. "And I am not.

New American Bible
But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man and I am smooth-skinned!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he answered her: Thou knowest that Esau, my brother, is a hairy man, and I am smooth:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he answered her: Thou knowest that Esau, my brother, is a hairy man, and I am smooth:

hairy man.

Genesis 25:25 He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Immediately the other coming forth, held his brother's foot in his hand: and therefore he was called Jacob.

Context
Jacob's Deception
…10Which when thou hast brought in, and he hath eaten, he may bless thee before he die. 11And he answered her: Thou knowest that Esau, my brother, is a hairy man, and I am smooth:12If my father should feel me, and perceive it, I fear lest he will think I would have mocked him, and I shall bring upon me a curse instead of a blessing.…
Cross References
Genesis 25:25
He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Immediately the other coming forth, held his brother's foot in his hand: and therefore he was called Jacob.

Genesis 27:10
Which when thou hast brought in, and he hath eaten, he may bless thee before he die.

Genesis 27:10
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