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

And it came to pass when Isaac had become old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, that he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, My son! And he said to him, Here am I.

2 ف َقالَ إسْحاقُ: «ها أنا قَدْ شِخْتُ. وَلا أدرِي مَتَى سَأمُوتُ.

And he said, Behold now, I am become old; I know not the day of my death.

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

And now, I pray thee, take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field and hunt me venison,

4 أ عِدَّ لِي طَعاماً طَيِّباً مِمّا أُحِبُّ، وَأحضِرْهُ لِي لآكُلَهُ، لِكَي أُبارِكَكَ قَبلَ أنْ أمُوتَ.»

and prepare me a savoury dish such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, in order that my soul may bless thee before I die.

5 ف َخَرَجَ عِيسُو إلَى الحَقلِ لِيصْطادَ. أمّا رِفْقَةُ فَكانَتْ تُصْغِي لِحَدِيثِ إسْحاقَ وَعِيسُو ابْنِهِ.

And Rebecca heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt venison, to bring it.

6 ف َقالَتْ رِفْقَةُ لِيَعقُوبَ ابْنِها: «اسْمَعْ، سَمِعْتُ أباكَ يَقُولُ لِأخِيكَ عِيسُو:

And Rebecca spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak to Esau thy brother, saying,

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

Bring me venison, and prepare me a savoury dish, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah, before my death.

8 و َالآنَ، أطِعْنِي، يا ابْنِي، وَافْعَلْ ما أقُولُهُ لَكَ.

And now, my son, hearken to my voice in that which I command thee.

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

Go, I pray thee, to the flock, and fetch me thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make of them a savoury dish for thy father, such as he loves.

10 ف َخُذِ الطَّعامَ لِأبِيكَ لِيَأْكُلَهُ، لِكَي يُبارِكَكَ قَبلَ مَوْتِهِ.»

And thou shalt bring to thy father, that he may eat, in order that he may bless thee before his death.

11 ف َقالَ يَعقُوبُ لِأُمِّهِ رِفْقَةَ: «أخِي كَثِيرُ الشَّعْرِ، وَأمّا أنا فَأملَسُ الجِلْدِ.

And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

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

My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall be in his sight as one who mocks, and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing.

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

And his mother said to him, On me thy curse, my son! Only hearken to my voice, and go, fetch.

14 ف َمَضَى وَأمسَكَ الجَدْيَينِ وَأحضَرَهُما لِأُمِّهِ. فَأعَدَّتْ طَعاماً طَيِّباً مِمّا يُحِبُّ أبوْهُ.

And he went, and fetched and brought to his mother. And his mother prepared a savoury dish such as his father loved.

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

And Rebecca took the clothes of her elder son Esau, the costly ones which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son;

16 و َوَضَعَتْ جُلُودَ جَدْيِ المِعزَى عَلَى يَدَيهِ وَعَلَى عُنْقِهِ الأملَسِ.

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

17 و َأعطَتِ ابْنَها يَعقُوبَ الطَّعامَ الطَّيِّبَ وَالخُبْزَ الَّذِي أعَدَّتْهُ.

and she gave the savoury dishes and the bread that she had prepared into the hand of her son Jacob.

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

And he came to his father, and said, My father! And he said, Here am I: who art thou, my son?

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

And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn. I have done according as thou didst say to me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.

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

And Isaac said to his son, How is it that thou hast found so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God put in my way.

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

And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be really my son Esau or not.

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

And Jacob drew near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

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

And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.

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

And he said, Art thou really my son Esau? And he said, It is I.

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

And he said, Bring near to me, that I may eat of my son's venison, in order that my soul may bless thee. And he brought near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

26 ث ُمَّ قالَ لَهُ أبوْهُ إسْحاقُ: «اقْتَرِبْ وَقَبِّلْنِي، يا بُنِيَ.»

And his father Isaac said to him, Come near, now, and kiss me, my son.

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

And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelt the smell of his clothes, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed.

28 ل ِيُعطِكَ اللهُ مِنَ السَّماءِ نَدَىً، وَحُقُولاً خَصِيبَةً، وَوَفْرَةً فِي القَمْحِ وَالنَّبيذِ.

And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and new wine.

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

Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be they that curse thee, And blessed be they that bless thee.

30 و َلَمّا انتَهَى إسْحاقُ مِنْ مُبارَكَةِ يَعقُوبَ، انصَرَفَ يَعقُوبُ مِنْ مَحضَرِهِ. وَعادَ أخُوهُ عِيسُو مِنْ صَيدِهِ.

And it came to pass when Isaac had ended blessing Jacob, and when Jacob was only just gone out from Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came from his hunting.

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

And he also had prepared savoury dishes, and he brought in to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.

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

And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.

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

Then Isaac trembled with exceeding great trembling, and said, Who was he, then, that hunted venison and brought to me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him; also blessed he shall be.

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

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me—me also, my father!

35 ف َقالَ إسْحاقُ: «جاءَ أخُوكَ وَاحتالَ عَلَيَّ وَأخَذَ بَرَكَتَكَ.»

And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and has taken away thy blessing.

36 ف َقالَ 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؟»

And he said, Is it not therefore he was named Jacob, for he has supplanted me now twice? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

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

And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him—and what can I do now for thee, my son?

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

And Esau said to his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me—me also, my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

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

And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of the dew of heaven from above;

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

And by thy sword shalt thou live; And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou rovest about, That thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

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

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.

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

And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebecca. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, comforts himself that he will kill thee.

43 ف اسْمَعِ الآنَ ما أقُولُهُ، يا ابْنِي. اذْهَبْ حالاً إلَى بَيتِ أخِي لابانَ فِي حارانَ.

And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran;

44 و َابْقَ عِندَهُ بَعضَ الوَقْتِ إلَى أنْ يَهدَأ غَضَبُ أخِيكَ.

and abide with him some days, until thy brother's fury turn away—

45 ا مكُثْ 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.»

until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; then I will send and fetch thee thence. Why should I be bereaved even of you both in one day?

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

And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good should my life do me?