Genesis 27:12
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If 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.

feel.

Genesis 27:22 He came near to his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob; but the hands, are the hands of Esau.

Job 12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: he knoweth both the deceivers, and him that is deceived.

2 Corinthians 6:8 By honour and dishonour: by evil report and good report: as deceivers and yet true: as unknown and yet known:

a deceiver.

Genesis 27:36 But he said again: Rightly is his name called Jacob; for he hath supplanted me lo this second time: My birthright he took away before, and now this second time he hath stolen away my blessing. And again he said to his father: Hast thou not reserved me also a blessing?

Genesis 25:27 And when they were grown up, Esau became a skilful hunter, and a husbandman: but Jacob, a plain man, dwelt in tents.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.

and I shall.

Genesis 9:25 He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Deuteronomy 27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Jeremiah 48:10 Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully: and cursed be he that withholdeth his sword from blood.

Malachi 1:14 Cursed is the deceitful man that hath in his flock a male, and making a vow offereth in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles.

Context
Jacob's Deception
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.13And his mother said to him: Upon me be this curse, my son: only hear thou my voice, and go, fetch me the things which I have said.…
Cross References
Genesis 27:21
And Isaac said: Come hither, that I may feel thee, my son, and may prove whether thou be my son Esau, or no.

Genesis 27:22
He came near to his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob; but the hands, are the hands of Esau.

Genesis 27:45
And his indignation cease, and he forget the things thou hast done to him: afterwards I will send, and bring thee from thence hither. Why shall I be deprived of both my sons in one day?

Lexicon
What if
אוּלַ֤י (’ū·lay)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 194: Perhaps

my father
אָבִ֔י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

touches me?
יְמֻשֵּׁ֙נִי֙ (yə·muš·šê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4959: To feel of, to grope

Then I would be revealed
וְהָיִ֥יתִי (wə·hā·yî·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to him
בְעֵינָ֖יו (ḇə·‘ê·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

as a deceiver,
כִּמְתַעְתֵּ֑עַ (kim·ṯa‘·tê·a‘)
Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8591: To cheat, to maltreat

and I would bring
וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י (wə·hê·ḇê·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

upon myself
עָלַ֛י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a curse
קְלָלָ֖ה (qə·lā·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7045: Vilification

rather than
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

a blessing.”
בְרָכָֽה׃ (ḇə·rā·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1293: Benediction, prosperity


Additional Translations
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.”My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing.

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.

Peradventure my father may feel me, and I shall be before him as one ill-intentioned, and I shall bring upon me a curse, and not a blessing.

My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall be in his sight as one who mocks [him], and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing.

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.

My father perhaps 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? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."

it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon me disesteem, and not a blessing;'
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