3524. Verses 11-13 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall be in his eyes as one who misleads, and I shall bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing. And his mother said to him, Upon me be your curse, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take them for me.

'Jacob said to Rebekah his mother' means the Lord's perception from Divine Truth concerning natural truth. 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man' means the nature of natural good compared with natural truth. 'And I am a smooth man' means the nature of natural truth compared with natural good. 'Perhaps my father will feel me' means an inmost degree of perception. 'And I shall be in his eyes as one who misleads' means rejection because of being, as it seems, contrary to order. 'And I shall bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing' means a separation. 'And his mother said to him' means perception from Divine Truth. 'Upon me be your curse, my son' means that there will be no separation. 'Only hearken to my voice, and go, take them for me' means from the effect.