Commentary on Genesis John Calvin (continued)
JOHN CALVIN
11. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth
11. Et dixit Iahacob ad Ribcam matrem suam, Ecce Esau frater meus est vir pilosus, et ego vir laevis: man:
12. 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.
12. Si forte palpaverit me pater meus, ero im oculis ejus tanquam illusor: et venire faciam super me maledictionem et non benedictionem.
13. And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them
13. Tunc dixit ei mater ejus, Super me sit maledictio tua, fili mi: veruntamen obedi voci meae et vade, cape mihi.
14. And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
14. Profectus est itaque, et accepit, et attulit matri suae, et fecit mater ejus cibos sapidos, quemadmodum diligebat pater ejus.
15. And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put
15. Et accepit Ribca vestes Esau filii sui majoris delectabiles, quae erant apud se in domo, et induit Iahacob filium suum minorem. them upon Jacob her younger son:
16. And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
16. Et pelles hoedorum caprarum circumdedit manibus ejus, et laevitati colli ejus.
17. And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
17. Deditque cibos sapidos et panem, quos paraverat, in manu Iahacob filii sui.