¹¹ “But look!” Jacob pointed out to his mother Rebekah, “My brother Esau is a hairy man, but I’m smooth skinned. ¹² My father might touch me and he’ll realize that I’m deceiving him. Then, I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”

¹³ “My son,” she replied, “let any curse against you fall on me. Just listen to me, then go and get them for me.”