Genesis 27
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And it cometh to pass that Isaac [is] aged, and his eyes are too dim for
seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, `My son;' and he saith
unto him, `Here [am] I.' 2 And he saith, `Lo, I pray
thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death; 3 and now, take
up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the
field, and hunt for me provision, 4 and make for me tasteful things, [such] as
I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee
before I die.' 5 And Rebekah is hearkening while Isaac is speaking unto Esau
his son; and Esau goeth to the field to hunt
provision--to bring in; 6 and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying,
`Lo, I have heard thy father speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring
for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee
before Jehovah before my death. 8 `And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to
that which I am commanding thee: 9 Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take
for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things
for thy father, [such] as he hath loved; 10 and thou hast taken in to thy
father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death.
11 And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau
my brother [is] a hairy man, and I a smooth man, 12 it may be my father doth
feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon me
disesteem, and not a blessing;' 13 and his mother saith
to him, `On me thy disesteem, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take
for me.' 14 And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh
tasteful things, [such] as his father hath loved; 15 and Rebekah taketh the
desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which [are] with her in the house,
and doth put on Jacob her younger son; 16 and the skins of the kids of the
goats she hath put on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck, 17 and she
giveth the tasteful things, and the bread which she hath made, into the hand of
Jacob her son. 18 And he cometh in unto his father, and saith,
`My father;' and he saith, `Here [am] I; who [art]
thou, my son?' 19 And Jacob saith unto his father, `I
[am] Esau thy first-born; I have done as thou hast spoken unto me; rise, I pray
thee, sit, and eat of my provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.' 20 And
Isaac saith unto his son, `What [is] this thou hast
hasted to find, my son?' and he saith, `That which
Jehovah thy God hath caused to come before me.' 21 And Isaac saith unto Jacob, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee,
my son, whether thou [art] he, my son Esau, or not.' 22 And Jacob cometh nigh
unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and saith, `The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.' 23 And he hath not discerned him, for his
hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him, 24 and saith, `Thou
art he--my son Esau?' and he saith, `I [am].' 25 And
he saith, `Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son's
provision, so that my soul doth bless thee;' and he bringeth
nigh to him, and he eateth; and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh.
26 And Isaac his father saith to him, `Come nigh, I
pray thee, and kiss me, my son;' 27 and he cometh nigh, and kisseth
him, and he smelleth the fragrance of his garments,
and blesseth him, and saith,
`See, the fragrance of my son [is] as the fragrance of a field which Jehovah
hath blessed; 28 and God doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the
fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine; 29 peoples serve thee,
and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the
sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee [are] cursed,
and those who bless thee [are] blessed.' 30 And it cometh to pass, as Isaac
hath finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from the
presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother hath come in from his
hunting; 31 and he also maketh tasteful things, and bringeth to his father, and saith
to his father, `Let my father arise, and eat of his son's provision, so that
thy soul doth bless me.' 32 And Isaac his father saith
to him, `Who [art] thou?' and he saith, `I [am] thy
son, thy first-born, Esau;' 33 and Isaac trembleth a
very great trembling, and saith, `Who, now, [is] he
who hath provided provision, and bringeth in to me,
and I eat of all before thou comest in, and I bless
him?--yea, blessed is he.' 34 When Esau heareth the
words of his father, then he crieth a very great and
bitter cry, and saith to his father, `Bless me, me
also, O my father;' 35 and he saith, `Thy brother
hath come with subtilty, and taketh thy blessing.' 36
And he saith, `Is it because [one] called his name
Jacob that he doth take me by the heel these two times? my birthright he hath
taken; and lo, now, he hath taken my blessing;' he saith
also, `Hast thou not kept back a blessing for me?' 37 And Isaac answereth and saith to Esau, `Lo,
a mighty one have I set him over thee, and all his
brethren have I given to him for servants, and [with] corn and wine have I
sustained him; and for thee now, what shall I do, my son?' 38 And Esau saith unto his father, `One blessing hast thou my father?
bless me, me also, O my father;' and Esau lifteth up
his voice, and weepeth. 39 And Isaac his father answereth and saith unto him,
`Lo, of the fatness of the earth is thy dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens
from above; 40 and by thy sword dost thou live, and thy brother dost thou serve;
and it hath come to pass when thou rulest, that thou
hast broken his yoke from off thy neck.' 41 And Esau hateth
Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning [for] my father
draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.' 42 And the words of Esau her elder son
are declared to Rebekah, and she sendeth and calleth for Jacob her younger son, and saith
unto him, `Lo, Esau thy brother is comforting himself in regard to thee--to
slay thee; 43 and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself
unto Laban my brother, to Haran, 44 and thou hast dwelt with him some days,
till thy brother's fury turn back, 45 till thy brother's anger turn back from
thee, and he hath forgotten that which thou hast done to him, and I have sent
and taken thee from thence; why am I bereaved even of you both the same day?'
46 And Rebekah saith unto Isaac, `I have been
disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these--from the daughters of the land--why do I
live?'