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1 When
Isaac was old,
and his eyes
were dim, so
that he could not
see, he called
Esau his elder
son, and said
to him, “My
son?”
He said to
him, “Here I
am.”
2 He said, “See
now, I am
old. I don’t know
the day of
my death.
3 Now
therefore, please
take your weapons,
your quiver and
your bow, and
go out to
the field, and
get me venison.
4 Make
me savory food,
such as I love,
and bring it
to me, that
I may eat, and
that my soul
may bless you
before I die.”
5 Rebekah
heard when Isaac
spoke to Esau
his son. Esau
went to the
field to hunt
for venison, and
to bring it.
6 Rebekah
spoke to Jacob
her son, saying,
“Behold, I heard
your father speak
to Esau
your brother, saying,
7 ‘Bring
me venison, and
make me savory
food, that I
may eat, and bless
you before the
LORD before my
death.’
8 Now
therefore, my son,
obey my
voice according to
that which I
command you.
9 Go
now to the
flock and get
me two good
young goats from
there. I will
make them savory
food for
your father, such
as he loves.
10 You
shall bring it to
your father, that
he may eat, so
that he may
bless you before
his death.”
11 Jacob said
to Rebekah
his mother, “Behold,
Esau my brother is
a hairy man, and
I am a
smooth man.
12 What
if my father touches
me? I will
seem to him
as a deceiver,
and I would bring
a curse on myself,
and not a
blessing.”
13 His mother
said to him, “Let
your curse be
on me, my
son. Only obey my
voice, and go
get them for
me.”
14 He
went, and got
them, and brought
them to his mother.
His mother made
savory food, such
as his father loved.
15 Rebekah
took the good
clothes of Esau,
her elder son,
which were with
her in the
house, and put
them on Jacob,
her younger son.
16 She
put the skins
of the young
goats on his
hands, and on
the smooth of
his neck.
17 She
gave the savory
food and the
bread, which she
had prepared, into
the hand of
her son Jacob.
18 He came
to his father,
and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here
I am. Who are
you, my son?”
19 Jacob
said to his father,
“I am Esau your
firstborn. I have
done what you
asked me to
do. Please arise,
sit and eat of
my venison, that
your soul may
bless me.”
20 Isaac said
to his son, “How
is it that
you have found
it so quickly,
my son?”
He said, “Because
the LORD your
God gave me
success.”
21 Isaac said
to Jacob, “Please
come near, that
I may feel
you, my son,
whether you are
really my son
Esau or not.”
22 Jacob
went near to
Isaac his father.
He felt him,
and said, “The
voice is Jacob’s
voice, but the
hands are the
hands of Esau.”
23 He didn’t
recognize him,
because his hands
were hairy, like
his brother Esau’s
hands. So he
blessed him.
24 He said, “Are
you really my
son Esau?”
He said, “I am.”
25 He said, “Bring
it near to
me, and I
will eat of my
son’s venison,
that my soul
may bless you.”
He brought it
near to him,
and he ate. He
brought him wine,
and he drank.
26 His
father Isaac said
to him, “Come
near now, and
kiss me, my
son.”
27 He
came near, and
kissed him. He
smelled the smell
of his clothing,
and blessed him,
and said,
“Behold, the
smell of my
son
is as the
smell of a
field which the
LORD has blessed.
28 God
give you of
the dew of
the sky,
of the fatness
of the earth,
and plenty of
grain and new
wine.
29 Let peoples
serve you,
and nations bow
down to you.
Be lord over your
brothers.
Let your mother’s sons
bow down to
you.
Cursed be everyone
who curses you.
Blessed be everyone
who blesses you.”
30 As soon
as Isaac had
finished blessing
Jacob, and Jacob
had just gone out
from the presence
of Isaac
his father, Esau
his brother came
in from his
hunting.
31 He
also made savory
food, and brought
it to his
father. He said to
his father, “Let
my father arise,
and eat of his
son’s venison,
that your soul
may bless me.”
32 Isaac
his father said to
him, “Who are
you?”
He said, “I am
your son, your
firstborn, Esau.”
33 Isaac
trembled violently,
and said, “Who,
then, is he
who has taken
venison, and
brought it to
me, and I
have eaten of all
before you came,
and have blessed
him? Yes, he
will be blessed.”
34 When
Esau heard the
words of
his father, he
cried with an
exceedingly great
and bitter cry,
and said to
his father, “Bless
me, even me
also, my father.”
35 He said, “Your
brother came with deceit,
and has taken
away your
blessing.”
36 He
said, “Isn’t he
rightly named
Jacob? For he
has supplanted me
these two times.
He took away
my birthright. See,
now he has
taken away my
blessing.” He said,
“Haven’t you reserved
a blessing for
me?”
37 Isaac
answered Esau, “Behold, I have made
him your lord,
and all his
brothers I have
given to him
for servants. I
have sustained him
with grain and
new wine. What
then will I
do for you,
my son?”
38 Esau said
to his father, “Do
you have just
one blessing,
my father? Bless
me, even me
also, my father.”
Esau lifted up
his voice, and
wept.
39 Isaac
his father answered
him,
“Behold, your
dwelling will be
of the fatness
of the earth,
and of the
dew of the
sky from above.
40 You
will live by
your sword, and
you will serve
your brother.
It will happen,
when you will
break loose,
that you
will shake his
yoke from off
your neck.”
41 Esau
hated Jacob
because of the
blessing with
which his father
blessed him.
Esau said in his
heart, “The days
of mourning for
my father are at
hand. Then I
will kill
my brother Jacob.”
42 The
words of Esau,
her elder son,
were told to
Rebekah. She sent
and called Jacob,
her younger son,
and said to
him, “Behold,
your brother Esau
comforts himself
about you
by planning to
kill you.
43 Now
therefore, my son,
obey my voice.
Arise, flee to
Laban, my brother,
in Haran.
44 Stay
with him a few
days, until
your brother’s fury
turns away—
45 until
your brother’s anger turns
away from you,
and he forgets
what you have
done to him.
Then I will
send, and get
you from there.
Why should I
be bereaved of
you both in
one day?”
46 Rebekah said
to Isaac, “I am
weary of my
life because of
the daughters of
Heth. If Jacob
takes a wife
of the daughters
of Heth, such as
these, of the
daughters of the
land, what good
will my life
do me?”