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. ”
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.
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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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