Genesis 27:11
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And he answered her: Thou knowest that Esau, my brother, is a hairy man, and I am smooth:

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.

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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.…
Lexicon
Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֔ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

answered
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

his mother
אִמּ֑וֹ (’im·mōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, )

Rebekah,
רִבְקָ֖ה (riḇ·qāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7259: Rebekah -- wife of Isaac

“Look,
הֵ֣ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

my brother
אָחִי֙ (’ā·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

Esau
עֵשָׂ֤ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

is a hairy
שָׂעִ֔ר (śā·‘ir)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8163: Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun

man,
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

but I am
וְאָנֹכִ֖י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

smooth-skinned.
חָלָֽק׃ (ḥā·lāq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2509: Smooth


Additional Translations
Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

And Jacob said to his mother Rebecca, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man.

And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, 'Lo, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man,
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