And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
WEB
Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.
YLT
And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man,
DBT
And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)