1 Y aconteció que siendo ya viejo Isaac, y sus ojos demasiado débiles para ver, llamó a Esaú, su hijo mayor, y le dijo: “Hijo mío.” “Aquí estoy,” le respondió Esaú.

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 dijo Isaac: “Mira, yo soy viejo y no sé el día de mi muerte.

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

3 A hora pues, te ruego, toma tu equipo, tu aljaba y tu arco, sal al campo y tráeme caza.

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

4 P repárame un buen guisado como a mí me gusta, y tráemelo para que yo coma, y que mi alma te bendiga antes que yo 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 R ebeca estaba escuchando cuando Isaac hablaba a su hijo Esaú. Y cuando Esaú fue al campo a cazar una pieza para traer a casa,

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 R ebeca dijo a su hijo Jacob: “Mira, oí a tu padre que hablaba con tu hermano Esaú, diciéndo le:

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

7 ‘ Tráeme caza y prepárame un buen guisado para que coma y te bendiga en presencia del Señor antes de mi muerte.’

’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, obedéceme en lo que te mando.

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

9 V e ahora al rebaño y tráeme de allí dos de los mejores cabritos de las cabras, y yo prepararé con ellos un buen guisado para tu padre como a él le gusta.

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 “ Entonces se lo llevarás a tu padre, que 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 P ero Jacob dijo a su madre Rebeca: “Esaú mi hermano es hombre velludo y yo soy lampiño.

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

12 Q uizá mi padre me toque, y entonces seré para él un engañador y traeré sobre mí una maldición y no una 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 P ero su madre le respondió: “ Caiga sobre mí tu maldición, hijo mío. Solamente obedéceme. Ve y tráeme los.”

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 J acob fue, tomó los cabritos y los trajo a su madre, y su madre hizo un buen guisado, como a su padre le gustaba.

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 E ntonces Rebeca tomó las mejores vestiduras de Esaú, su hijo mayor, que ella tenía en la 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 L e puso las pieles de los cabritos sobre las manos y sobre la parte lampiña del cuello,

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

17 y puso el guisado que había hecho y el pan en manos de su hijo Jacob.

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

18 E ntonces Jacob fue a su padre, y le dijo: “Padre mío.” “Aquí estoy. ¿Quién eres, hijo mío?” preguntó Isaac.

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

19 J acob contestó a su padre: “Soy Esaú tu primogénito. He hecho lo que me dijiste. Levántate, te ruego. Siéntate y come de mi caza para que me bendigas.”

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 P ero Isaac dijo a su hijo: “¿Cómo es que la has encontrado tan pronto, hijo mío?” “Porque el Señor tu Dios hizo que así me sucediera,” respondió Jacob.

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 I saac entonces dijo a Jacob: “Te ruego que te acerques para tocarte, hijo mío, a ver si en verdad eres o no mi hijo Esaú.”

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 J acob se acercó a Isaac su padre, y él lo tocó y dijo: “La voz es la voz de Jacob, pero 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 N o lo reconoció porque sus manos eran velludas como las de su hermano Esaú, y lo 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 le preguntó: “¿Eres en verdad mi hijo Esaú?” “Yo soy,” respondió Jacob.

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

25 E ntonces dijo: “Sírveme, y comeré de la caza de mi hijo para que yo te bendiga.” Y le sirvió, 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 su padre Isaac le dijo: “Te ruego que te acerques y me beses, hijo mío.”

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

27 J acob se acercó y lo besó; y al notar el olor de sus vestidos, Isaac lo bendijo, diciendo: “Ciertamente el olor de mi hijo Es como el aroma de un 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 “ Dios te dé, pues, del rocío del cielo, Y de la riqueza de la tierra, Y abundancia de grano y de vino nuevo.

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 “ Sírvante pueblos, Y póstrense ante ti naciones; Sé señor de tus hermanos, E inclínense ante ti los hijos de tu madre. Malditos los que te maldigan, Y benditos los que te bendigan.”

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 P ero tan pronto como Isaac había terminado de bendecir a Jacob, y apenas había salido Jacob de la presencia de su padre Isaac, su hermano Esaú llegó de su cacería.

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 T ambién él hizo un buen guisado y lo trajo a su padre, y dijo a su padre: “Levántese mi padre, y coma de la caza de su hijo, para que tú me bendigas.”

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 Y su padre Isaac le dijo: “¿Quién eres ?” “Soy tu hijo, tu primogénito, Esaú,” le respondió.

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

33 I saac tembló con un estremecimiento muy grande, y dijo: “¿Quién fue entonces el que trajo caza, antes de que tú vinieras, y me la trajo y yo comí de todo, y lo bendije ? Sí, y bendito será.”

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 A l oír Esaú las palabras de su padre, clamó con un grande y amargo clamor, y dijo a su padre: “¡Bendíceme, 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 P ero Isaac respondió: “Tu hermano vino con engaño y se ha llevado 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 Esaú dijo: “Con razón se llama Jacob, pues me ha suplantado estas dos veces. Primero me quitó mi primogenitura y ahora me ha quitado mi bendición.” Y añadió: “¿No has reservado una 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 “ Mira,” le respondió Isaac, “yo lo he puesto por señor tuyo, y le he dado por siervos a todos sus parientes; y con grano y vino nuevo lo he sustentado. En cuanto a ti ¿qué haré, pues, 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 dijo a su padre: “¿No tienes más que una bendición, padre mío? Bendíceme, bendíceme también a mí, padre mío.” Y Esaú alzó 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 su padre Isaac le dijo: “Lejos de la fertilidad de la tierra será tu morada, Y lejos del rocío que baja del cielo.

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 P or tu espada vivirás, Y a tu hermano servirás; Mas acontecerá que cuando te impacientes, Arrancarás su yugo de tu cuello.” Rencor de Esaú

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 E saú, pues, guardó rencor a Jacob a causa de la bendición con que su padre lo había bendecido; y Esaú se dijo: “Los días de luto por mi padre están cerca; entonces mataré a mi hermano Jacob.”

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 C uando las palabras de Esaú, su hijo mayor, le fueron comunicadas a Rebeca, envió a llamar a Jacob, su hijo menor, y le dijo: “Mira, en cuanto a ti, tu hermano Esaú se consuela 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, obedece mi voz: levántate y huye a Harán, a casa de mi hermano Labán.

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

44 Q uédate con él algunos días hasta que se calme el furor de tu hermano;

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

45 h asta que la ira de tu hermano contra ti se calme, y olvide lo que le hiciste. Entonces enviaré y te traeré de allá. ¿Por qué he de sufrir la pérdida de ustedes dos en un mismo 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 E ntonces Rebeca dijo a Isaac: “Estoy cansada de vivir 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 me servirá 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?”