Isaac W. Smith (surveyor)
Isaac Williams Smith (February 15, 1826-January 1, 1897) was an American soldier, surveyor and engineer.
Read more about Isaac W. Smith (surveyor): Early Life, Education, United States Army, Surveyor, Confederate Army, Post-War, "Father" of Portland Oregon's Water System, Honors
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“Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.”
—Bible: Hebrew Jacob, in Genesis, 27:11.
To his mother Rebekah, explaining how the blind Isaac might discover the ploy of his pretending to be Esau. “Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.” (25:27)
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And ever after called him a curse,
Then why did he hurry to let him in?
He could have hid in the house.”
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