^{1 Ref} Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.

^{2 Ref} And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time:

^{3 Ref} So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;

^{4 Ref} And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me.

⁵ Now Isaac's words to his son were said in Rebekah's hearing. Then Esau went out to get the meat.

^{6 Ref} And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,

^{7 Ref} Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death.

^{8 Ref} Now, my son, do what I say.

^{9 Ref} Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste:

¹⁰ And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.

^{11 Ref} And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:

^{12 Ref} If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.

^{13 Ref} And his mother said, Let the curse be on me, my son: only do as I say, and go and get them for me.

^{14 Ref} So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.

^{15 Ref} And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:

¹⁶ And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck:

¹⁷ And she gave into the hand of Jacob, her son, the meat and the bread which she had made ready.

¹⁸ And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I: who are you, my son?

^{19 Ref} And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

^{20 Ref} And Isaac said, How is it that you have got it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God made it come my way.

^{21 Ref} And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.

²² And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

^{23 Ref} And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.

^{24 Ref} And he said, Are you truly my son Esau? And he said, I am.

^{25 Ref} And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.

²⁶ And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, my son, and give me a kiss.

^{27 Ref} And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:

^{28 Ref} May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure:

^{29 Ref} Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

³⁰ And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

^{31 Ref} And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

^{32 Ref} And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.

^{33 Ref} And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?

^{34 Ref} And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!

^{35 Ref} And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.

^{36 Ref} And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

^{37 Ref} And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son?

^{38 Ref} And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.

^{39 Ref} Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:

^{40 Ref} By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.

^{41 Ref} So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

^{42 Ref} Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.

^{43 Ref} So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban;

^{44 Ref} And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away;

^{45 Ref} Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?

^{46 Ref} Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?

^{1 Ref} It happened, that 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 Ref} He said, "See now, I am old. I don't know the day of my death.

^{3 Ref} Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.

^{4 Ref} 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 Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

^{6 Ref} Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

^{7 Ref} 'Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.'

^{8 Ref} Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.

^{9 Ref} Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good kids of the goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.

¹⁰ You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death."

^{11 Ref} Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

^{12 Ref} 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 Ref} His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."

^{14 Ref} He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

^{15 Ref} 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 She put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.

¹⁷ She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

¹⁸ He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"

^{19 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."

²² 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 Ref} He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

^{24 Ref} He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He said, "I am."

^{25 Ref} 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 His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son."

^{27 Ref} 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 Ref} God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

^{29 Ref} Let peoples serve you, 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 It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

^{31 Ref} 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 Ref} Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."

^{33 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing."

^{36 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.

^{44 Ref} Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away;

^{45 Ref} 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 Ref} 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?"

^{1 Ref} And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son. And he said unto him, Here am I.

^{2 Ref} And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.

^{3 Ref} Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.

^{4 Ref} And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat. That my soul may bless thee before I die.

⁵ And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

^{6 Ref} And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

^{7 Ref} Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.

^{8 Ref} Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

^{9 Ref} Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth.

¹⁰ And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.

^{11 Ref} And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

^{12 Ref} My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver. And I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

^{13 Ref} And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son. Only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

^{14 Ref} And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother. And his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

^{15 Ref} And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son.

¹⁶ And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.

¹⁷ And she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

¹⁸ And he came unto his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here am I. Who art thou, my son?

^{19 Ref} And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

^{20 Ref} And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God sent me good speed.

^{21 Ref} And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

²² And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father. And he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

^{23 Ref} And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

^{24 Ref} And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

^{25 Ref} And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat. And he brought him wine, and he drank.

²⁶ And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

^{27 Ref} And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed.

^{28 Ref} And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine.

^{29 Ref} Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

³⁰ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

^{31 Ref} And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father. And he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

^{32 Ref} And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.

^{33 Ref} And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? Yea, `and' he shall be blessed.

^{34 Ref} When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

^{35 Ref} And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.

^{36 Ref} And he said, Is not he rightly name Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two time. He took away my birthright. And, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

^{37 Ref} And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants. And with grain and new wine have I sustained him. And what then shall I do for thee, my son?

^{38 Ref} And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

^{39 Ref} And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above.

^{40 Ref} And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother. And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

^{41 Ref} And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then will I slay my brother Jacob.

^{42 Ref} And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, `purposing' to kill thee.

^{43 Ref} Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. And arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran.

^{44 Ref} And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away.

^{45 Ref} Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him. Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?

^{46 Ref} And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?