¹² Perhaps my father ^(A)will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring ^(B)a curse upon myself and not a blessing.”

^18 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind man on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

²² Abstain from every form of evil.

⁸ through honor and dishonor, ^(A)through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;

¹⁴ Cursed be the cheat who has ^(A)a male in his flock, and ^(B)vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For ^(C)I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name ^(D)will be feared among the nations.

³⁶ Esau said, ^(A)“Is he not rightly named Jacob?^[a] For he has cheated me these two times. ^(B)He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

²⁷ When the boys grew up, Esau was ^(A)a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, ^(B)dwelling in tents.

^10 (A)“Cursed is he who does ^(B)the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.

²¹ Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I ^(A)may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.” ²² So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”