¹¹ Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man^(A) while I have smooth skin. ¹² What if my father touches me?^(B) I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse^(C) on myself rather than a blessing.”

⁴¹ Esau held a grudge^(A) against Jacob^(B) because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning^(C) for my father are near; then I will kill^(D) my brother Jacob.”^(E)