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Perhapsאוּלַיmy fatherאָבִיwill feel me,יְמֻשֵּׁנִיand I will beוְהָיִיתִיin his eyesבְעֵינָיוlike a mocker,כִּמְתַעְתֵּעַand I will bringוְהֵבֵאתִיon myselfעָלַיa curseקְלָלָהand notוְלֹאa blessing.”בְרָכָה
Genesis 27:12
Study it in the app“Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will be in his eyes like a mocker, and I will bring on myself a curse and not a blessing.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:12, word by word
- Perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- will feel meיְמֻשֵּׁyemushe
feel
To touch in order to recognize.
Where else “yemushe” appears- and I will beהָיִיתִיhayiti
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appears- in his eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears- like a mockerמְתַעְתֵּעַmetatea
mock, deceive
Mock, trick, deceive.
Where else “metatea” appears- and I will bringהֵבֵאתִיheveti
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heveti” appears- a curseקְלָלָהkelala
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appears- a blessingבְרָכָהveracha
blessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “veracha” appears
The context
11Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
12 · This verse (above)
13His mother said to him, “On me be your curse, my son; only listen to my voice, and go, get them for me.”
To study Genesis 27 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob receive Isaac’s blessing, and how did Esau react (vv. 18-34)?
2. What it means
What consequences did Jacob’s deceiving his father bring to the family (vv. 41-45)?
3. How I live it
How can you pursue what you need without resorting to deception?