Genesis 27:12

will feel me Isaac's sight was no longer good enough to distinguish between his sons; but the sense of touch would remove all doubt.

a deceiver Better, as R.V. marg., a mocker. LXX ὡς καταφρονῶν, "a profane trifler," one who treats in a contemptuous way the solemn religious blessing of his father. A rare Heb. word, rendered "scoff," 2 Chronicles 36:16.

a curse Jacob apprehends that his profanity will be visited by a solemn religious denunciation. If so, he will be a loser, not a gainer, by the trick. The thought of risk, not the deception, troubles him.