1 ¶ Y aconteció que cuando Isaac envejeció, y sus ojos se oscurecieron de vista, llamó a Esaú, su hijo el mayor, y le dijo: Mi hijo. Y él respondió: Heme aquí.

Isaac was now old, and had become blind. He called to his older son Esau, saying, “My son.” And Esau answered, “Here I am.”

2 Y él dijo: He aquí ya soy viejo, no sé el día de mi muerte.

Isaac said, “See, I am old. I do not know when I will die.

3 T oma, pues, ahora tus armas, tu aljaba y tu arco, y sal al campo, y cógeme caza;

Take your bow and arrows, and go out to the field to get meat for me.

4 y hazme guisados, como yo amo, y tráemelo, y comeré; para que te bendiga mi alma antes que muera.

Get some food ready for me that I love. Bring it to me to eat, so that before I die I will pray that good will come to you.”

5 Y Rebeca oyó, cuando hablaba Isaac a Esaú su hijo; y se fue Esaú al campo para coger la caza que había de traer.

And Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for meat to bring home,

6 ¶ Entonces Rebeca habló a Jacob su hijo, diciendo: He aquí yo he oído a tu padre que hablaba con Esaú tu hermano, diciendo:

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “I heard your father talking to your brother Esau. He said,

7 T ráeme caza, y hazme guisados, para que coma, y te bendiga delante del SEÑOR, antes que muera.

’Bring me some meat. Make good-tasting food for me to eat. And before I die I will pray to the Lord for good to come to you.’

8 A hora pues, hijo mío, escucha mi voz en lo que te mando:

So now, my son, listen to what I tell you to do.

9 V e ahora al ganado, y tómame de allí dos cabritos buenos de las cabras, y yo haré de ellos guisados para tu padre, como él ama;

Go to the flock and bring me two fat young goats. I will cook them into good-tasting food, just what your father loves to eat.

10 y tú los llevarás a tu padre, y comerá, para que te bendiga antes de su muerte.

Then you will take it to your father for him to eat. So before he dies he will pray for good to come to you.”

11 Y Jacob dijo a Rebeca su madre: He aquí Esaú mi hermano es hombre velloso, y yo hombre sin pelos;

Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “But my brother Esau has much hair. And my skin is smooth.

12 p or ventura me tentará mi padre, y me tendrá por burlador, y traeré sobre mí maldición y no bendición.

If my father touches me, he will think of me as one trying to fool him. Then he will bring a curse upon me instead of good.”

13 Y su madre respondió: Hijo mío, sobre mí sea tu maldición; solamente obedece mi voz, y ve, y tómalos.

His mother said to him, “The curse will come upon me instead of you, my son. You do what I say, and go get them for me.”

14 E ntonces él fue, y los tomó, y los trajo a su madre; y su madre hizo guisados, como su padre los amaba.

So Jacob went and got them, and brought them to his mother. And his mother made good-tasting food, just what his father loved to eat.

15 Y tomó Rebeca los vestidos de Esaú su hijo mayor, los preciosos, que ella tenía en casa, y vistió a Jacob, su hijo menor:

Then Rebekah took the best clothes that belonged to her older son Esau, that were with her in the house. And she put them on her younger son Jacob.

16 Y le hizo vestir sobre sus manos y sobre la cerviz donde no tenía pelos, las pieles de los cabritos de las cabras;

She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

17 y dio los guisados y pan que había aderezado, en mano de Jacob su hijo.

And she gave her son Jacob the bread and the good-tasting food she had made.

18 ¶ Y él fue a su padre, y dijo: Padre mío; y él respondió: Heme aquí, ¿quién eres, hijo mío?

Then he went to his father and said, “My father.” Isaac said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

19 Y Jacob dijo a su padre: Yo soy Esaú tu primogénito; he hecho como me dijiste; levántate ahora, y come de mi caza, para que me bendiga tu alma.

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your first-born. I have done as you told me. Sit up and eat the meat I brought, so you will pray that good will come to me.”

20 E ntonces Isaac dijo a su hijo: ¿Qué es esto, que tan presto hallaste hijo mío? Y él respondió: Porque el SEÑOR tu Dios hizo que se encontrara delante de mí.

But Isaac said to his son, “How have you found it so fast, my son?” And Jacob said, “Because the Lord your God made it happen.”

21 E Isaac dijo a Jacob: Acércate ahora, y te palparé, hijo mío, si eres mi hijo Esaú o no.

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know for sure if you are my son Esau or not.”

22 Y se acercó Jacob a su padre Isaac; y él le palpó, y dijo: La voz es la voz de Jacob, mas las manos son las manos de Esaú.

So Jacob came near his father Isaac. Isaac touched him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice. But the hands are Esau’s hands.”

23 Y no le conoció, porque sus manos eran vellosas como las manos de Esaú; y le bendijo.

He did not know who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau’s hands. So Isaac prayed that good would come to him.

24 Y dijo: ¿Eres tú mi hijo Esaú? Y él respondió: Yo soy.

Isaac said, “Is it true that you are my son Esau?” Jacob answered, “I am.”

25 Y dijo: Acércamela, y comeré de la caza de mi hijo, para que te bendiga mi alma; y él se la acercó, y comió; le trajo también vino, y bebió.

So Isaac said, “Bring it to me so I may eat the meat my son has made ready. And I will pray that good will come to you.” He brought it to him, and he ate. He brought him wine also, and he drank.

26 Y le dijo Isaac su padre: Acércate ahora, y bésame, hijo mío.

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.”

27 Y él se acercó, y le besó; y olió Isaac el olor de sus vestidos, y le bendijo, y dijo: Mira, el olor de mi hijo, como el olor del campo que el SEÑOR ha bendecido.

So Jacob came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he prayed that good would come to him. He said, “The smell of my son is like the smell of a field that has received good from the Lord.

28 D ios, pues, te dé del rocío del cielo, y de las grosuras de la tierra, y abundancia de trigo y de mosto.

May God give you from heaven water on the grass in the early morning, and the riches of the earth, and more than enough grain and new wine.

29 S írvante pueblos, y naciones se inclinen a ti: Sé señor de tus hermanos, e inclínense a ti los hijos de tu madre; malditos los que te maldijeren, y benditos los que te bendijeren.

May nations serve you, and the people bow down in front of you. Be the ruler of your brothers. May your mother’s sons bow down in front of you. Cursed be those who curse you, and may good come to those who honor you.”

30 ¶ Y aconteció, luego que hubo Isaac acabado de bendecir a Jacob, y apenas había salido Jacob de delante de Isaac su padre, que Esaú su hermano vino de su caza.

When Isaac had finished praying that good would come to Jacob, Jacob left his father Isaac. Just then his brother Esau came in from hunting.

31 E hizo él también guisados, y trajo a su padre, y le dijo: Levántese mi padre, y coma de la caza de su hijo, para que me bendiga tu alma.

Then Esau made good-tasting food and brought it to his father, and said, “Sit up, my father, and eat the meat your son has made ready, so you will pray that good will come to me.”

32 E ntonces Isaac su padre le dijo: ¿Quién eres tú? Y él dijo: Yo soy tu hijo, tu primogénito, Esaú.

His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your first-born, Esau.”

33 E ntonces se estremeció Isaac con grande estremecimiento, y dijo: ¿Quién es el que vino aquí, que tomó caza, y me trajo, y comí de todo antes que vinieras? Yo le bendije, y será bendito.

Then Isaac shook all over, and he said, “Who was it then who killed an animal and brought meat to me? I ate all of it before you came! And I prayed that good would come to him! Yes, and good will come to him!”

34 C uando Esaú oyó las palabras de su padre, clamó con una muy grande y muy amarga exclamación, y le dijo a su padre: Bendíceme también a mí, padre mío.

When he heard what his father said, Esau cried out with a loud and sad cry. He said to his father, “Pray that good will come to me also, O my father!”

35 Y él dijo: Vino tu hermano con engaño, y tomó tu bendición.

But Isaac said, “Your brother came in and fooled me. He has taken away the good that was to come to you.”

36 Y él respondió: Bien llamaron su nombre Jacob, que ya me ha engañado dos veces; se apoderó de mi primogenitura, y he aquí ahora ha tomado mi bendición. Y dijo: ¿No has guardado bendición para mí?

Then Esau said, “Was it not right that he was given the name Jacob? Two times now he has taken what should have been mine. He took away my right as a first-born. And now he has taken away the good that was to come to me.” Then he said, “Can you not pray that good will come to me also?”

37 I saac respondió y dijo a Esaú: He aquí yo le he puesto por señor tuyo, y le he dado por siervos a todos sus hermanos; de trigo y de vino le he fortalecido, ¿qué, pues, te haré a ti ahora, hijo mío?

Isaac answered Esau, “See, I have made him to rule over you. I have given him all his brothers as servants. I have given him grain and new wine to keep him alive and well. What then can I do for you, my son?”

38 Y Esaú respondió a su padre: ¿No tienes más que una sola bendición, padre mío? Bendíceme también a mí, padre mío. Y alzó Esaú su voz, y lloró.

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one prayer for good to come, my father? Pray that good will come to me also, O my father.” And Esau gave out a loud cry.

39 E ntonces Isaac su padre habló y le dijo: He aquí será tu habitación en grosuras de la tierra, y del rocío de los cielos de arriba;

Then his father Isaac answered him: “See, the place where you live will be away from the riches of the earth, and away from the water on the grass in the early morning.

40 y por tu espada vivirás, y a tu hermano servirás; mas habrá tiempo cuando te enseñorees, y descargues su yugo de tu cerviz.

You will live by your sword and you will serve your brother. But when you break loose, you will throw his load off your back.” Jacob Goes to Laban

41 ¶ Y aborreció Esaú a Jacob por la bendición con que su padre le había bendecido, y dijo en su corazón: Llegarán los días del luto de mi padre, y yo mataré a Jacob mi hermano.

Esau hated Jacob because his father had prayed that good would come to Jacob. Esau said to himself, “The days when I will have sorrow for the loss of my father are soon. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

42 Y fueron dichas a Rebeca las palabras de Esaú su hijo mayor; y ella envió y llamó a Jacob su hijo menor, y le dijo: He aquí, Esaú tu hermano se consuela acerca de ti con la idea de matarte.

But the words of her older son Esau were told to Rebekah. She called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “See, your brother Esau comforts himself by planning to kill you.

43 A hora pues, hijo mío, escucha mi voz: levántate, y huye a Labán mi hermano, a Harán.

So now, my son, do what I tell you. Get ready, and go at once to my brother Laban at Haran.

44 Y mora con él algunos días, hasta que el enojo de tu hermano se mitigue.

Stay with him for a few days, until your brother’s anger goes away.

45 H asta que se aplaque la ira de tu hermano contra ti, y se olvide de lo que le has hecho; yo enviaré entonces, y te traeré de allá, ¿por qué seré privada de vosotros dos en un día?

When your brother’s anger against you is gone and he forgets what you did to him, then I will send for you and have you return from there. Why should I have sorrow for both of you in one day?”

46 Y dijo Rebeca a Isaac: Fastidio tengo de mi vida, a causa de las hijas de Het. Si Jacob toma mujer de las hijas de Het, como éstas, de las hijas de esta tierra, ¿para qué quiero la vida?

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob marries one of the daughters of Heth, like these, from the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?”