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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. "
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak
that he could no
longer
see, he called his older
son Esau
and said to him, “
My son .”
“
Here I am ,”
Esau
replied
.
He
said
, "See
now
, I am old .
I don't
know the day of my death.
“Look
, ”
said
Isaac
, “
I am now
old ,
and
I do
not
know the day of my death.
Now
therefore,
please
take your weapons ,
your quiver and your
bow ,
and go out to
the field ,
and
take
me venison
.
Take your weapons —
your quiver and bow —
and go out into
the field to
hunt
some
game
for
me.
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. "
Then
prepare
a
tasty
dish
that
I love and bring it to me to
eat, so
that I
may bless you before I die. ”
Rebekah heard
when
Isaac
spoke
to Esau
his son. Esau went to
the field to hunt for
venison,
and to
bring it .
Now
Rebekah was
listening
to what
Isaac
told
his son Esau
. So
when
Esau went into
the field to hunt game
and bring it back,
Rebekah spoke
to Jacob
her son ,
saying
, "
Behold, I heard
your father speak
to Esau
your brother ,
saying
,
Rebekah said
to her son Jacob
, “
Behold, I overheard
your father saying
to your brother Esau
,
'
Bring me venison,
and make
me savory
food
, that I may eat,
and
bless you before
Yahweh
before my
death
. '
‘
Bring me some
game
and prepare
me a
tasty
dish
to
eat
, so
that I may bless you in
the
presence
of
the
LORD
before I
die
. ’
Now therefore
, my son, obey
my voice according
to
that
which
I command
you.
Now, my son, listen
to
my voice and
do
exactly
as
I tell
you.
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.
Go out
to the flock and bring
me two choice
young
goats ,
so
that
I can
make them into
a
tasty
dish
for your father —the
kind
he loves.
You
shall
bring
it to your father ,
that
he
may
eat, so that he may bless you before his
death
. "
Then
take
it to your father to
eat, so that he may bless you before he
dies
. ”
Jacob said
to
Rebekah
his mother, "Behold
, Esau
my brother is a hairy man, and
I am a
smooth man
.
Jacob answered
his mother Rebekah
, “Look
, my brother Esau
is a hairy man, but
I am smooth -skinned
.
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. "
What if my father touches me? Then
I would
be
revealed
to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon
myself
a curse rather
than
a blessing. ”
His mother said
to
him
, "Let
your curse be on me, my son. Only
obey my voice ,
and go get them for me. "
His mother replied
, “
Your curse be on me, my son. Just
obey my voice and go get them for me. ”
He
went ,
and got them,
and brought them to his mother .
His
mother
made savory
food ,
such
as
his father loved.
So
Jacob
went and got two
goats
and brought them to his mother ,
who
made the
tasty
food his father loved.
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.
And
Rebekah took the finest
clothes in the house that
belonged
to
her
older
son
Esau
, and she
put them on her younger son Jacob
.
She put the skins of the kids
of
the
goats on his hands ,
and on the smooth of his neck.
She also
put the skins of the young
goats on his hands and on the smooth part
of his neck.
She gave
the savory
food and the
bread ,
which
she had prepared,
into
the
hand
of
her
son
Jacob
.
Then
she handed
her
son
Jacob
the tasty
food and bread she had made
.
He
came
to his father ,
and said, "
My father ?"
He
said,
"
Here I am. Who
are you, my son? "
So
Jacob
went
to his father and said, “
My father .”
“
Here I am !”
he
answered
. “Which
one
are you, my son? ”
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. "
Jacob said to his father, “
I am Esau ,
your firstborn. I have done as
you told
me. Please sit up
and eat some
of my game
, so
that you
may bless me. ”
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
. "
But
Isaac asked
his son, “
How did
you ever
find
it so quickly, my son? ”
“
Because the
LORD
your God brought
it
to
me ,”
he
replied
.
Isaac said to Jacob, "
Please come near,
that
I may
feel
you, my son ,
whether
you
are really my son Esau or not ."
Then
Isaac said to Jacob, “
Please come closer
so
I can
touch
you, my son .
Are you
really my son Esau ,
or not ?”
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. "
So
Jacob came
close
to his father Isaac
, who
touched
him
and said, “
The voice is the
voice of
Jacob
, but the hands are the hands of Esau. ”
He
didn't
recognize him, because his hands were hairy ,
like his brother ,
Esau's
hands.
So he blessed him.
Isaac
did
not
recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those
of
his brother Esau;
so he blessed him.
He said
, "
Are you really my son Esau? "
He said
, "
I am. "
Again
he asked
, “
Are you really my son Esau? ”
And
he replied
, “
I am. ”
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.
“Serve
me, ”
said
Isaac,
“
and let
me
eat some
of my son’s
game
, so
that I
may bless you. ”
Jacob
brought it to him, and he ate ;
then
he brought him wine, and he drank.
His father Isaac said to him, "
Come near now,
and kiss me, my son. "
Then
his father Isaac said to him, “Please
come near and kiss me, my son. ”
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.
So
he came near and kissed him. When
Isaac
smelled his clothing, he
blessed him and said :
“Ah
, the smell of my son is like
the smell of a field that
the
LORD
has blessed.
God give you of
the dew of the
sky,
of
the fatness
of the earth ,
and
plenty
of grain and new wine.
May
God give to
you the dew of heaven
and
the richness
of the earth —
an
abundance
of grain and new wine.
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. "
May
peoples serve you and
nations bow down to you. May
you
be the
master
of
your brothers, and
may
the
sons of
your
mother
bow down to you. May
those
who curse
you be cursed,
and
those
who bless
you be
blessed
. ”
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
.
As soon as Isaac had finished
blessing him
and Jacob had left
his father’s
presence
, his brother Esau
returned
from the
hunt
.
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. "
He too
made some
tasty
food, brought it to his father ,
and
said to him
, “
My father, sit
up
and eat of your
son’s
game
, so
that you
may bless me. ”
Isaac
his father said
to
him
, "
Who are you? "
He
said,
"
I am your
son
, your firstborn, Esau
. "
But
his father Isaac
replied
, “
Who are you? ”
“
I am Esau
, your firstborn son
, ”
he
answered
.
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 ."
Isaac began
to
tremble
violently and said, “
Who was
it
, then, who hunted
the
game
and brought it to
me ?
Before you came in
, I
ate
it
all
and blessed him —and
indeed
, he will be blessed !”
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 ."
When Esau heard his father’s
words
, he let
out
a
loud
and bitter cry and said to his father, “
Bless me too
, O
my father !”
He
said
, "
Your brother came with
deceit,
and has
taken
away
your blessing. "
But
Isaac
replied
, “
Your brother came deceitfully
and took
your blessing. ”
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? "
So
Esau
declared
, “Is
he not
rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated
me twice
. He took my birthright, and
now he has taken my blessing. ”
Then
he asked
, “Haven’t
you saved
a blessing for me? ”
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? "
But
Isaac answered Esau :
“Look
, I have made him your master
and given
him
all his relatives
as
servants;
I have
sustained
him with grain and new wine. What is
left
that
I can
do for you, my son? ”
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.
Esau said to his father, “Do
you have
only
one blessing, my father? Bless me too
, O
my father !”
Then
Esau wept aloud
.
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.
His father Isaac
answered him :
“
Behold, your
dwelling
place
shall
be
away
from
the richness
of the land
, away
from
the dew of heaven
above.
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. "
You shall
live by
the
sword
and serve your brother. But
when you rebel
, you will
tear
his yoke from your neck. ”
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. "
Esau held
a
grudge
against
Jacob because of the blessing his father had
given
him. And
Esau said in his heart, “
The days of mourning for my father are at hand ;
then I will kill my brother Jacob. ”
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.
When
the words of her older
son Esau
were relayed
to Rebekah ,
she sent for
her younger son Jacob
and told
him, “Look
, your brother Esau is
consoling
himself by plotting
to kill you.
Now therefore
, my son, obey my voice .
Arise,
flee to Laban,
my brother ,
in Haran.
So
now, my son, obey my voice and
flee at
once
to my brother Laban
in Haran.
Stay with him a few
days
, until your brother's
fury turns
away;
Stay with him for
a while
, until your brother’s
fury subsides—
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? "
until your brother’s
rage
against
you wanes
and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for
you
and bring
you back
from there. Why should I lose
both
of you in one day? ”
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
? "
Then
Rebekah said to Isaac, “
I am weary of my life because of these
Hittite
women
. If Jacob takes a Hittite
wife from
among
them
, what good is
my life? ”
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