Genesis 27:12
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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.What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
In other translations
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.What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
Hebrew words
אוּלַי'ulaiperhapsH194יְמֻשֵּׁנִיyemushenihe will feel meH4959אָבִי'avifather myH1וְהָיִיתִיvehayitiand I will beH1961בְעֵינָיוve'einavin view hisH5869כִּמְתַעְתֵּעַkimta'tea'like a mockerH8591וְהֵבֵאתִיvehevetiand I will bringH935עָלַי'alaion myselfH5921קְלָלָהkelalaha curseH7045וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808בְרָכָה׃verakhaha blessingH1293
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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