1 W hen 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! And he answered him, Here I am.

وَشاخَ إسْحاقُ، وَضَعُفَتْ عَيناهُ فَلَمْ يَعُدْ يَقْدِرُ أنْ يُبصِرَ. فَدَعا بِكْرَهُ عِيسُو وَقالَ لَهُ: «تَعالَ يا ابْنِي.» فَقالَ عِيسُو: «سَمْعاً وَطاعَةً.»

2 H e said, See here now; I am old, I do not know when I may die.

فَقالَ إسْحاقُ: «ها أنا قَدْ شِخْتُ. وَلا أدرِي مَتَى سَأمُوتُ.

3 S o now, I pray you, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out into the open country and hunt game for me,

فَالآنَ خُذْ عُدَّةَ صَيدِكَ: جُعبَةَ سِهامِكَ وَقَوْسَكَ. وَاخرُجْ إلَى الحَقلِ، وَاصْطَدْ لِي حَيواناً آكُلُهُ.

4 A nd prepare me appetizing meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat of it, to giving you my blessing before I die.

أعِدَّ لِي طَعاماً طَيِّباً مِمّا أُحِبُّ، وَأحضِرْهُ لِي لآكُلَهُ، لِكَي أُبارِكَكَ قَبلَ أنْ أمُوتَ.»

5 B ut Rebekah heard what Isaac said to Esau his son; and when Esau had gone to the open country to hunt for game that he might bring it,

فَخَرَجَ عِيسُو إلَى الحَقلِ لِيصْطادَ. أمّا رِفْقَةُ فَكانَتْ تُصْغِي لِحَدِيثِ إسْحاقَ وَعِيسُو ابْنِهِ.

6 R ebekah said to Jacob her younger son, See here, I heard your father say to Esau your brother,

فَقالَتْ رِفْقَةُ لِيَعقُوبَ ابْنِها: «اسْمَعْ، سَمِعْتُ أباكَ يَقُولُ لِأخِيكَ عِيسُو:

7 B ring me game and make me appetizing meat, so that I may eat and declare my blessing upon you before the Lord before my death.

‹اجلِبْ لِي صَيداً وَأعِدَّ لِي طَعاماً طَيِّباً لِآكُلَ، فَأُبارِكَكَ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ قَبلَ أنْ أمُوتَ.›

8 S o now, my son, do exactly as I command you.

وَالآنَ، أطِعْنِي، يا ابْنِي، وَافْعَلْ ما أقُولُهُ لَكَ.

9 G o now to the flock, and from it bring me two good and suitable kids; and I will make them into appetizing meat for your father, such as he loves.

اذْهَبْ إلَى قَطِيعِ الغَنَمِ، وَأحْضِرْ جَديَينِ مِنْ خِيارِ القَطِيعِ. سَأُعِدُّ مِنْهُما لِأبِيكَ طَعاماً طَيِّباً مِمّا يُحِبُّ.

10 A nd you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat and declare his blessing upon you before his death.

فَخُذِ الطَّعامَ لِأبِيكَ لِيَأْكُلَهُ، لِكَي يُبارِكَكَ قَبلَ مَوْتِهِ.»

11 B ut Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Listen, Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man.

فَقالَ يَعقُوبُ لِأُمِّهِ رِفْقَةَ: «أخِي كَثِيرُ الشَّعْرِ، وَأمّا أنا فَأملَسُ الجِلْدِ.

12 S uppose my father feels me; I will seem to him to be a cheat and an imposter, and I will bring curse on me and not blessing.

فَإذا لَمَسَنِي، اكتَشَفَ أنِّي أُحاوِلُ خِداعَهُ. وَبِهَذا سَأجلِبُ عَلَى نَفْسِي لَعْنَةَ وَالِدِي بَدَلاً مِنْ بَرَكَتِهِ.»

13 B ut his mother said to him, On me be your curse, my son; only obey my word and go, fetch them to me.

فَقالَتْ لَهُ أُمُّهُ: «لِتَأْتِ عَلَيَّ أيَّةُ لَعْنَةٍ تُطلَقُ عَلَيكَ. فافْعَلْ ما أقُولُهُ لَكَ. اذْهَبْ وَأحضِرِ الجَدْيَينِ!»

14 S o went, got, and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared appetizing meat with a delightful odor, such as his father loved.

فَمَضَى وَأمسَكَ الجَدْيَينِ وَأحضَرَهُما لِأُمِّهِ. فَأعَدَّتْ طَعاماً طَيِّباً مِمّا يُحِبُّ أبوْهُ.

15 T hen Rebekah took her elder son Esau’s best clothes which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

ثُمَّ أخَذَتْ رِفْقَةُ أفضَلَ مَلابِسِ بِكْرِها عِيسُو الَّتِي كانَتْ عِندَها فِي البَيتِ، وَألبَسَتْها لابْنِها الأصْغَرِ.

16 A nd she put the skins of the kids on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

وَوَضَعَتْ جُلُودَ جَدْيِ المِعزَى عَلَى يَدَيهِ وَعَلَى عُنْقِهِ الأملَسِ.

17 A nd she gave the savory meat and the bread which she had prepared into the hand of her son Jacob.

وَأعطَتِ ابْنَها يَعقُوبَ الطَّعامَ الطَّيِّبَ وَالخُبْزَ الَّذِي أعَدَّتْهُ.

18 S o he went to his father and said, My father. And he said, Here am I; who are you, my son?

فَذَهَبَ يَعقُوبُ إلَى أبِيهِ وَقالَ: «يا أبِي.» فَقالَ إسْحاقُ: «نَعَمْ، يا ابْنِي. أيُّ وَلَدَيَّ أنتَ؟»

19 A nd Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done what you told me to do. Now sit up and eat of my game, so that you may proceed to bless me.

فَقالَ يَعقُوبُ لِأبِيهِ: «أنا عِيسُو بِكْرُكَ. وَقَدْ فَعَلْتُ كَما طَلَبْتَ مِنِّي. فَتَعالَ وَاجلِسْ وَكُلْ مِمّا اصْطَدْتُ، لِكَي تُبارِكَنِي.»

20 A nd Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found the game so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God caused it to come to me.

فَقالَ إسْحاقُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «كَيفَ وَجَدْتَ صَيداً بِهَذِهِ السُّرْعَةِ يا بُنَيَ؟» فَقالَ: «لِأنَّ إلَهَكَ وَضَعَهُ فِي طَرِيقِي.»

21 B ut Isaac said to Jacob, Come close to me, I beg of you, that I may feel you, my son, and know whether you really are my son Esau or not.

فَقالَ إسْحاقُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «اقْتَرِبْ لِألمَسَكَ يا بُنَيَ، فَأعرِفَ إنْ كُنتَ حَقّاً ابْنِي عِيسُو.»

22 S o Jacob went near to Isaac, and his father felt him and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

فَاقتَرَبَ يَعقُوبُ مِنْ إسْحاقَ أبِيهِ، فَلَمَسَهُ إسْحاقُ. ثُمَّ قالَ إسْحاقُ: «صَوْتُكَ كَصَوْتِ يَعقُوبَ، أمّا مَلْمَسُ يَدَيكَ فَكَمَلْمَسِ يَدَي عِيسُو.»

23 H e could not identify him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.

لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ إسْحاقُ أنْ يُمَيِّزَ يَعقُوبَ، لِأنَّ يَدَي يَعْقُوبَ كانَتا غَزيرَتَيِ الشَّعْرِ كَيَدَي أخِيهِ عِيسُو. فَبارَكَهُ إسْحاقُ.

24 B ut he said, Are you really my son Esau? He answered, I am.

وَقالَ لَهُ: «أأنْتَ حَقّاً عِيسُو ابْنِي؟» فَقالَ يَعقُوبُ: «نَعَمْ أنا هُوَ!» بركةُ يَعْقُوب

25 T hen said, Bring it to me and I will eat of my son’s game, that I may bless you. He brought it to him and he ate; and he brought him wine and he drank.

فَقالَ إسْحاقُ: «أعطِنِي بَعضاً مِنَ اللَّحْمِ لِآكُلَ يا بُنَيَّ، لِكَي أُبارِكَكَ.» فَأعطاهُ يَعقُوبُ لَحماً، فَأكَلَهُ. وَأحضَرَ أيضاً نَبيذاً فَشَرِبَهُ إسْحاقُ.

26 T hen his father Isaac said, Come near and kiss me, my son.

ثُمَّ قالَ لَهُ أبوْهُ إسْحاقُ: «اقْتَرِبْ وَقَبِّلْنِي، يا بُنِيَ.»

27 S o he came near and kissed him; and smelled his clothing and blessed him and said, The scent of my son is as the odor of a field which the Lord has blessed.

فَاقتَرَبَ يَعقُوبُ وَقَبَّلَهُ. فَشَمَّ إسْحاقُ رائِحَةَ مَلابِسِهِ، فَبارَكَهُ. وَقالَ: «ها رائِحَةُ ابْنِي كَرائِحَةِ حَقلٍ بارَكَهُ اللهُ.

28 A nd may God give you of the dew of the heavens and of the fatness of the earth and abundance of grain and wine;

لِيُعطِكَ اللهُ مِنَ السَّماءِ نَدَىً، وَحُقُولاً خَصِيبَةً، وَوَفْرَةً فِي القَمْحِ وَالنَّبيذِ.

29 L et peoples serve you and nations bow down to you; be master over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Let everyone be cursed who curses you and favored with blessings who blesses you.

لِتَخْدِمْكَ شُعُوبٌ، وَلْتَنْحَنِ أُمَمٌ أمامَكَ. وَلْتَكُنْ سَيِّدَ إخْوَتِكَ، وَلْيَنحَنِ لَكَ أولادُ أُمِّكَ. «فَلِيُلْعَنْ لاعِنُوكَ، وَليُبارَكْ مُبارِكُوكَ.» بركةُ عِيسُو

30 A s soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and Jacob was scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

وَلَمّا انتَهَى إسْحاقُ مِنْ مُبارَكَةِ يَعقُوبَ، انصَرَفَ يَعقُوبُ مِنْ مَحضَرِهِ. وَعادَ أخُوهُ عِيسُو مِنْ صَيدِهِ.

31 E sau had also prepared savory food and brought it to his father and said to him, Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.

وَأعَدَّ عِيسُو طَعاماً طَيِّباً وَأحضَرَهُ لِأبِيهِ. وَقالَ لِأبِيهِ: «يا أبِي، قُمْ وَكُلْ مِنَ اللَّحمِ الَّذِي أحضَرْتُ لَكَ لِكَي تُبارِكَنِي.»

32 A nd Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he replied, I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.

فَقالَ إسْحاقُ أبوْهُ لَهُ: «مَنْ أنتَ؟» فَقالَ عِيسُو: «أنا ابْنُكَ، بِكْرُكَ عِيسُو.»

33 T hen Isaac trembled and shook violently, and he said, Who? Where is he who has hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate of it all before you came and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.

فارْتَجَفَ إسْحاقُ ارتِجافاً عَظِيماً وَقالَ: «فَمَنِ الَّذِي اصطادَ حَيواناً وَأحضَرَهُ إلَيَّ إذاً؟ لَقَدْ أكَلْتُهُ كُلَّهُ وَبارَكْتُهُ قَبلَ أنْ تَأْتِيَ. وَسَيَكُونُ مَنْ بارَكْتُهُ مُبارَكاً.»

34 W hen Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with a great and bitter cry and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father!

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ عِيسُو كَلامَ أبِيهِ، صَرَخَ صُراخاً عالِياً وَمُرّاً جِدّاً. وَقالَ لِأبِيهِ: «بارِكْنِي، أنا أيضاً يا أبِي.»

35 s aid, Your brother came with crafty cunning and treacherous deceit and has taken your blessing.

فَقالَ إسْحاقُ: «جاءَ أخُوكَ وَاحتالَ عَلَيَّ وَأخَذَ بَرَكَتَكَ.»

36 r eplied, Is he not rightly named Jacob ? For he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing! Have you not still a blessing reserved for me?

فَقالَ عِيسُو: «لَمْ يُخطِئْ مَنْ سَمّاهُ يَعْقُوبَ! هَذِهِ هِيَ المَرَّةُ الثّانِيَةُ الَّتِي يَحتالُ فِيها عَلَيَّ. سَبَقَ أنْ أخَذَ حُقُوقِي كابنٍ بِكْرٍ، وَالآنَ أخَذَ بَرَكَتِي.» ثُمَّ قالَ عِيسُو: «أما احتَفَظْتَ لِي بِبَرَكَةٍ؟»

37 A nd Isaac answered Esau, Behold, I have made your lord and master; I have given all his brethren to him for servants, and with corn and wine have I sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?

فَقالَ إسْحاقُ لِعِيسُو: «جَعَلْتُهُ عَلَيكَ سَيِّداً، وَجَعَلْتُ كُلَّ إخْوَتِهِ لَهُ خُدّاماً. وَأعطَيتُهُ قَمْحاً وَنَبيذاً أيضاً. فَما الَّذِي تَبَقَّى؟ وَماذا يُمْكِنُنِي أنْ أفْعَلَ لَكَ، يا ابْنِي؟»

38 E sau said to his father, Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept aloud.

فَقالَ عِيسُو لِأبِيهِ: «أما عِندَكَ وَلا بَرَكَةٌ واحِدَةٌ يا أبِي؟ بارِكْنِي أنا أيضاً، يا أبِي!» ثُمَّ بَدَأ عِيسُو يَنُوحُ بِصَوْتٍ عالٍ.

39 T hen Isaac his father answered, Your dwelling shall all come from the fruitfulness of the earth and from the dew of the heavens above;

فَقالَ لَهُ أبوْهُ: «ها مَسْكَنُكَ يَكُونُ بَعِيداً عَنِ الأراضِي الخَصِيبَةِ، وَبِلا نَدَى السَّماءِ مِنْ فَوْقُ.

40 B y your sword you shall live and serve your brother. But when you will grow restive and break loose, and you shall tear his yoke from off your neck.

بِسَيفِكَ تَعِيشُ، وَخادِماً لِأخِيكَ تَكُونُ. لَكِنْ حِينَ تُجاهِدُ لِتُحَرِّرَ نَفْسَكَ، تُفلِتُ مِنْ سَيطَرَتِهِ.» يَعْقُوبُ يتركُ البلاد

41 A nd Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are very near. When I will kill my brother Jacob.

فَأبغَضَ عِيسُو يَعقُوبَ بِسَبَبِ مُبارَكَةِ أبِيهِ إيّاهُ، وَقالَ فِي قَلْبِهِ: «قَرُبَ وَقْتُ البُكاءِ وَالنَّوْحِ عَلَى أبِي، ثًمَّ سَأقتُلُ يَعقُوبَ أخِي!»

42 T hese words of Esau her elder son were repeated to Rebekah. She sent for Jacob her younger son and said to him, See here, your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you to kill you.

فَوَصَلَ إلَى مَسامِعِ رِفْقَةَ خَبَرُ تَخطِيطِ عِيسُو لِقَتلِ يَعقُوبَ. فَأرسَلَتْ فِي طَلَبِ ابْنِها الأصغَرِ وَقالَتْ لَهُ: «اسْمَعْ. إنَّ أخاكَ عِيسُو يُفَكِّرُ بِقَتلِكَ.

43 S o now, my son, do what I tell you; arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran;

فاسْمَعِ الآنَ ما أقُولُهُ، يا ابْنِي. اذْهَبْ حالاً إلَى بَيتِ أخِي لابانَ فِي حارانَ.

44 L inger and dwell with him for a while until your brother’s fury is spent.

وَابْقَ عِندَهُ بَعضَ الوَقْتِ إلَى أنْ يَهدَأ غَضَبُ أخِيكَ.

45 W hen your brother’s anger is diverted from you, he will forget that you have done him. Then I will send and bring you back from there. Why should I be deprived of both of you in one day?

امكُثْ لَدَيهِ إلَى أنْ يَرتَدَّ عَنْكَ غَضَبُهُ. وَيَنسَى ما فَعَلْتَهُ بِهِ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَأُرْسِلُ خادِماً يَسْتَدْعِيَكَ مِنْ هُناكَ. فَأنا لا أُرِيدُ أنْ أخسَرَكُما الاثْنَينِ فِي نَفْسِ اليَوْمِ.»

46 T hen 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 Hittite girls around here, what good will my life be to me?

وَقالَتْ رِفقَةُ لإسْحاقَ: «لَقَدْ سَئِمْتُ حَياتِي مِنَ المَرأتَينِ الحِثِّيَّتَينِ. فَإذا تَزَوَّجَ يَعقُوبُ فَتاةً حِثِّيَّةً أيضاً مِنْ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ، فَإنِّي أُفَضِّلُ المَوْتَ.»