Genesis 27:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Feel

Genesis 27:22

Job 12:16

2 Corinthians 6:8

A deceiver

Genesis 27:36

Genesis 25:27

1 Thessalonians 5:22

And i shall

General references

Romans 9:16

Bible References

Feel

So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's."

With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.

through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise; regarded as impostors, and yet true;

A deceiver

Esau exclaimed, "'Jacob' is the right name for him! He has tripped me up two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!" Then he asked, "Have you not kept back a blessing for me?"

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.

Stay away from every form of evil.

And i shall

So he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers."

Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord's work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!

"There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the Lord who rules over all, "and my name is awesome among the nations."

General references

So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.