Genesis 27:11

In 11 translations

BSB

Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

And Jacob says to his mother Rebekah, “Behold, my brother Esau [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man,

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

But Iaakob sayde to Rebekah his mother, Beholde, Esau my brother is rough, and I am smoothe.

JPS

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

LXXE

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

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WLC

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶל־רִבְקָ֖ה אִמּ֑וֹ הֵ֣ן עֵשָׂ֤ו אָחִי֙ אִ֣ישׁ שָׂעִ֔ר וְאָנֹכִ֖י אִ֥ישׁ חָלָֽק׃

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ Ἰακὼβ πρὸς Ῥεβέκκαν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, ἔστιν Ἡσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφός μου ἀνὴρ δασὺς, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀνὴρ λεῖος.

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• Genesis 25:25The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.

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