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.

And it cometh to pass that Isaac 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 I.'

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

And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;

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,

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 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.

and make for me tasteful things, as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.'

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,

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

and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying, `Lo, I have heard thy father speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying,

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.

Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.

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

`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:

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.

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, as he hath loved;

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

and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death.

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

And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother a hairy man, and I a smooth man,

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.

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

and his mother saith to him, `On me thy disesteem, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take for me.'

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.

And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, as his father hath loved;

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.

and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which with her in the house, and doth put on Jacob her younger son;

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

and the skins of the kids of the goats she hath put on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck,

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

and she giveth the tasteful things, and the bread which she hath made, into the hand of Jacob her son.

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

And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, `My father;' and he saith, `Here I; who thou, my son?'

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.

And Jacob saith unto his father, `I 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 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.

And Isaac saith unto his son, `What this thou hast hasted to find, my son?' and he saith, `That which Jehovah thy God hath caused to come before me.'

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.

And Isaac saith unto Jacob, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou he, my son Esau, or not.'

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.

And Jacob cometh nigh unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and saith, `The voice the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.'

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

And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him,

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

and saith, `Thou art he -- my son Esau?' and he saith, `I.'

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.

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

And Isaac his father saith to him, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;'

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.

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 as the fragrance of a field which Jehovah hath blessed;

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;

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 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.

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 cursed, and those who bless thee blessed.'

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.

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 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.

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

And Isaac his father saith to him, `Who thou?' and he saith, `I thy son, thy first-born, Esau;'

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.

and Isaac trembleth a very great trembling, and saith, `Who, now, 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 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!

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

and he saith, `Thy brother hath come with subtilty, and taketh thy blessing.'

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?

And he saith, `Is it because 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 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?

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 corn and wine have I sustained him; and for thee now, what shall I do, my son?'

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.

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 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;

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 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.

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 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.

And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'

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.

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

and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran,

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

and thou hast dwelt with him some days, till thy brother's fury turn back,

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?

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 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?

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?'