Monday, January 17, 2011

A Smooth Man


Genesis 27:11-12 ESV
11 But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 12 Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing. ” 

KJV
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth 
     [ aj H2509 חלק * châlâq * khaw-        lawk' * From H2505; smooth (especially of tongue): - flattering, smooth. 
man
12  My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver;

The Hebrew word for smooth carries the nuance of a flattering tongue, commonly associated with the deceptive and disingenuous. 

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