1 A conteció que cuando Isaac envejeció y sus ojos se oscurecieron quedando sin vista, llamó a Esaú, su hijo mayor, y le dijo: —¡Hijo mío! Él respondió: —Aquí estoy.

Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.”

2 — Ya soy viejo —dijo Isaac— y no sé el día de mi muerte.

Then he said, “Behold now, I am old. I do not know the day of my death.

3 T oma, pues, ahora tus armas, tu aljaba y tu arco, y sal al campo a cazarme algo.

Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.

4 H azme un guisado como a mí me gusta; tráemelo y comeré, para que yo te bendiga antes que muera.

And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”

5 R ebeca estaba escuchando cuando Isaac hablaba a su hijo Esaú; y se fue Esaú al campo para buscar la caza que había de traer.

Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.

6 E ntonces Rebeca habló a su hijo Jacob, diciendo: —Mira, yo he oído a tu padre, que hablaba con tu hermano Esaú diciendo:

So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

7 “ Tráeme caza y hazme un guisado, para que coma y te bendiga en presencia de Jehová antes que me muera.”

‘Bring me game and make savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’

8 A hora, pues, hijo mío, obedece a mi voz en lo que te mando.

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.

9 V e ahora al ganado y tráeme de allí dos buenos cabritos de las cabras, y haré con ellos un guisado para tu padre, como a él le gusta.

Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves.

10 T ú lo llevarás a tu padre, y él comerá, para que te bendiga antes de su muerte.

Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he may bless you before his death.”

11 P ero Jacob dijo a Rebeca, su madre: —Mi hermano Esaú es hombre velloso, y yo lampiño.

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth- skinned man.

12 Q uizá me palpará mi padre; me tendrá entonces por burlador y traeré sobre mí maldición y no bendición.

Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”

13 S u madre respondió: —Hijo mío, sea sobre mí tu maldición; solamente obedece a mi voz: vé y tráemelos.

But his mother said to him, “ Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”

14 E ntonces él fue, los tomó y los trajo a su madre, y su madre hizo un guisado como a su padre le gustaba.

And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

15 D espués tomó Rebeca los vestidos de Esaú, su hijo mayor, los más preciosos que ella tenía en casa, y vistió a Jacob, su hijo menor.

Then Rebekah took the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

16 L uego, con las pieles de los cabritos, cubrió sus manos y la parte de su cuello donde no tenía vello,

And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

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

Then she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

18 E ntonces éste fue a su padre y dijo: —Padre mío. Isaac respondió: —Aquí estoy, ¿quién eres tú, hijo mío?

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

19 — Yo soy Esaú tu primogénito —respondió Jacob—. He hecho como me dijiste. Levántate ahora, siéntate y come de mi caza, para que me bendigas.

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”

20 E ntonces Isaac dijo a su hijo: —¿Cómo es que la hallaste tan pronto, hijo mío? Jacob respondió: —Porque Jehová, tu Dios, hizo que la encontrara delante de mí.

But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.”

21 I saac dijo a Jacob: —Acércate ahora y te palparé, hijo mío, para ver si eres o no mi hijo Esaú.

Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

22 S e acercó Jacob a su padre Isaac, quien lo palpó, y dijo: «La voz es la voz de Jacob, pero las manos, las de Esaú.»

So Jacob went 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 Y no lo reconoció, porque sus manos eran vellosas como las manos de Esaú; y lo bendijo.

And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.

24 V olvió a preguntar Isaac: —¿Eres tú mi hijo Esaú? Jacob respondió: —Yo soy.

Then he said, “ Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am. ”

25 D ijo entonces: —Acércamela, y comeré de la caza de mi hijo, para que yo te bendiga. Jacob se la acercó, e Isaac comió; le trajo también vino, y bebió.

He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, so that my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, 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 now and kiss me, my son.”

27 J acob se acercó y lo besó. Olió Isaac el olor de sus vestidos, y lo bendijo, diciendo: «Mira, el olor de mi hijo, como el olor del campo que Jehová ha bendecido.

And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said: “Surely, the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field Which the Lord has blessed.

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

Therefore may God give you Of the dew of heaven, Of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and wine.

29 S írvante pueblos y las naciones se inclinen delante de ti. Sé señor de tus hermanos y ante ti se inclinen los hijos de tu madre. Malditos sean los que te maldigan y benditos los que te bendigan.»

Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, And let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!” Esau’s Lost Hope

30 A conteció, luego que Isaac acabó de bendecir a Jacob, y apenas había salido Jacob de delante de su padre Isaac, que Esaú, su hermano, volvió de cazar.

Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

31 E hizo él también un guisado, lo trajo a su padre y le dijo: —Levántese mi padre y coma de la caza de su hijo, para que me bendiga.

He also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.”

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

And his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” So he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

33 E ntonces se estremeció Isaac grandemente, y dijo: —¿Quién es el que vino aquí, que trajo caza, y me dio y comí de todo antes que tú vinieras? Yo lo bendije, y será bendito.

Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him— and indeed he shall be blessed.”

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

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me—me also, O my father!”

35 É ste le dijo: —Vino tu hermano con engaño y tomó tu bendición.

But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”

36 E saú respondió: —Bien llamaron su nombre Jacob, pues ya me ha suplantado dos veces: se apoderó de mi primogenitura y ahora ha tomado mi bendición. Y añadió: —¿No has guardado bendición para mí?

And Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

37 I saac respondió a Esaú, diciéndole: —Yo lo he puesto por señor tuyo, y le he dado por siervos a todos sus hermanos; de trigo y de vino lo he provisto; ¿qué, pues, haré por ti ahora, hijo mío?

Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Indeed I have made him your master, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with grain and wine I have sustained him. What shall I do now for you, my son?”

38 D ijo entonces Esaú a su padre: —¿No tienes más que una sola bendición, padre mío? ¡Bendíceme también a mí, padre mío! Y alzó Esaú la voz, y lloró.

And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

39 E ntonces Isaac, su padre, habló y le dijo: «Será tu morada lejos de la tierra fértil y del rocío que cae de los cielos.

Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: “Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of the dew of heaven from above.

40 D e tu espada vivirás, y a tu hermano servirás; pero cuando te fortalezcas sacudirás su yugo de tu cerviz.» Jacob huye de Esaú

By your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; And it shall come to pass, when you become restless, That you shall break his yoke from your neck.” Jacob Escapes from Esau

41 A borreció Esaú a Jacob por la bendición con que su padre lo había bendecido, y dijo en su corazón: «Llegarán los días del luto por mi padre, y yo mataré a mi hermano Jacob.»

So 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 at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

42 F ueron dichas a Rebeca las palabras de Esaú, su hijo mayor; y ella envió a llamar a Jacob, su hijo menor, y le dijo: —Esaú, tu hermano, se consuela pensando en matarte.

And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Surely your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you.

43 A hora, pues, hijo mío, obedece a mi voz: levántate y huye a casa de mi hermano Labán, en Harán,

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran.

44 y quédate con él algunos días, hasta que el enojo de tu hermano se mitigue,

And stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away,

45 h asta que se aplaque la ira de tu hermano contra ti y olvide lo que le has hecho; entonces enviaré yo a que te traigan de allá. ¿Por qué seré privada de vosotros dos en un solo día?

until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in one day?”

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

And 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, like these who are the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”