1 N ow it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to 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 I saac said, “Behold now, I am old and I do not know the day of my death.

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

3 N ow then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field 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 a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you 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 R ebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home,

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 her son Jacob, “Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying,

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

7 ‘ Bring me some game and prepare a savory dish for me, that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of 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 N ow therefore, my son, listen to me 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 bring me two choice young goats from there, that I may prepare them as a savory dish 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 T hen you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless 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 J acob answered his mother Rebekah, “Behold, 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 P erhaps my father will feel me, then I will be as a deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a 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, “Your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for 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 he went and got them, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savory food 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 the best garments of Esau her elder son, 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 young goats 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 S he also gave the savory food and the bread, which she had made, to her son Jacob.

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

18 T hen he came to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. 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 J acob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. Get up, please, sit and eat of my game, that you may 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 I saac said to his son, “How is it that you have it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “ Because the Lord your God caused it to happen 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 T hen Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come close, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really 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 came close to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, 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 did not recognize 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 A nd he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he said, “I am.”

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

25 S o he said, “Bring it to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, that I may bless you.” And he brought it to him, and he ate; he also 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 to him, “Please come close 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 close and kissed him; and when he smelled the smell of his garments, he blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my son Is like the smell 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 N ow may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new 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 M ay peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you; Be master of your brothers, And may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, And blessed be those who bless you.” The Stolen Blessing

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 N ow it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that 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 T hen he also made savory food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “ 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 I saac his father said to him, “ Who are you?” And he said, “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 violently, and said, “ Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came, and 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 an exceedingly 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 A nd he said, “ Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.”

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

36 T hen he said, “ Is he not rightly named Jacob, for he has supplanted me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing 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 B ut Isaac replied to Esau, “Behold, I have made him your master, and all his relatives I have given to him as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what can I do, 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, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and wept.

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 and said to him, “Behold, away from the fertility of the earth shall be your dwelling, And away from the dew of heaven from 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 “ By your sword you shall live, And your brother you shall serve; But it shall come about when you become restless, That you will break his yoke from 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 S o Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, “ The days of mourning for my father are near; then 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 N ow when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning 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 N ow therefore, my son, obey my voice, and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban!

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

44 S tay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury subsides,

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

45 u ntil your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both 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 R ebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, 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?'