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.

When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.”

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

He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t 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 take me venison.

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

Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and 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.

Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, 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:

Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, 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 venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh 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 that which 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 get me from there two good young goats. I will make them savory food 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.

You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so 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.

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

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

What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would 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.

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.

He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. 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.

Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, 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,

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

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

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?

He came to his father, and said, “My father?” 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 what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, 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.

Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because Yahweh your God gave me success.”

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.»

Jacob went near to Isaac his father. 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.

He didn’t 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.

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 venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

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

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.

He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh 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.

God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new 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 lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

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.

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, 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 made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, 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.

Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” 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.

Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will 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 exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.”

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

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?

He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you 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?

Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and new wine have I sustained him. What then will I do 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.

Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” 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.

Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky 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 will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck.”

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.»

Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. 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.

The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning 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 Laban, my brother, in Haran.

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

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 turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved 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?

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, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”