Genesis 27:12
The Scripture
(12) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Aging Isaac, now blind, calls for his elder son Esau to prepare a savory meal so that he may bless him, but Rebekah overhears and conspires with Jacob to obtain the blessing by deception. Disguised in Esau's garments and goatskins on his arms, Jacob brings the meal and receives Isaac's irrevocable blessing of the firstborn. When Esau returns and discovers the trick, he weeps bitterly, receives a lesser blessing, and resolves to kill Jacob, prompting Rebekah to send Jacob away to her brother Laban.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Genesis 27:22Job 12:16II Corinthians 6:8Genesis 27:36Genesis 25:27I Thessalonians 5:22Genesis 9:25Deuteronomy 27:18Jeremiah 48:10Malachi 1:14
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