Genesis 27
1AND after Isaak grew old, when his eyes were so dimmed that he could not see he called Esau his eldest son and said to him. My Son. And he said here I am.
2And he said, Behold I am grown old and do not know the day of my dissolution;
3now therefore take thy arms—the quiver and the bow; and go out into the field and hunt game for me
4and make me savory meat such as I love and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
5Now Rebekka heard Isaak speaking to his son Esau. So when Esau was gone to the field to hunt game for his father,
6Rebekka said to Jacob her younger son. Lo! I heard thy father speaking to thy brother Esau saying,
7Bring me game and make me savory meat that I may eat and bless thee in the presence of the Lord before I die.
8Now therefore, my son, hearken to me as I command thee,
9and go to the flock and fetch me thence two kids tender and good, and I will make them savory meat for thy father such as he loveth
10and thou shalt carry it to thy father that he may eat; that thy father may bless thee before he die.
11And Jacob said to his mother Rebekka, My brother Esau is a hairy man and I am a smooth man.
12Perhaps my father may feel me, and I shall be before him as a deceiver, so I shall bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing.
13And his mother said to him, Upon me, my son, be thy curse. Only hearken to my voice; and go and bring me them.
14So he went and took and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savory meat such as his father loved.
15And Rebekka took the robe of Esau her eldest son, the robe of dignity which was with her in the house and put it on her younger son Jacob.
16And she put the skins of the kids on his arms and the naked parts of his neck;
17and gave the savory meat and cakes which she had baked, into the hands of her son Jacob;
18and he took them to his father and said, Father! And he said, Here I am. Who art thou, my son?
19And Jacob said to his father. I am Esau, thy first-born. I have done as thou badest me. Arise, sit up, and eat of my game that thy soul may bless me.
20And Isaak said to his son, What is this, my son, which thou hast found so quickly? And he said, It is what the Lord thy God presented to my view.
21And Isaak said to Jacob, Come near my son and let me feel thee, whether thou be my son Esau or not.
22And Jacob went near to his father Isaak. And when he had felt him he said, The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23So he did not discover him, because his hands were hairy like the hands of his brother Esau, when he blessed him.
24Then he said. Art thou my son Esau? And he said, I am.
25And he said, Bring it near to me and I will eat of thy game, my son, that my soul may bless thee. So he brought it near to him and he ate. And he brought wine and he drank.
26And Isaak his father said to him, Come near me my son and kiss me.
27And when he came near and kissed him; he smelled the smell of his raiment and blessed him and said, Behold the fragrance of my son is like the fragrance of a full field which the Lord hath blessed.
28Therefore God give thee from the dew of heaven and from the fatness of the land plenty of corn and wine.
29May nations serve thee; and princes bow down to thee. Be thou lord of thy brother. And let the children of thy father pay thee homage. Cursed be he who curseth thee; and let him who blesseth thee be blessed.
30Now after Isaak had finished blessing his son Jacob, when Jacob had but just withdrawn from the presence of his father Isaak, Esau his brother came from the chase.
31He also had made savory meat and he brought it to his father and said to him, Arise my father and eat thy son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32And Isaak his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said I am thy son, thy first-born Esau.
33Then was Isaak absorbed in great amazement and said, Who then is he who hath hunted game and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest and have blessed him, and he will be blessed.
34And when Esau heard the words of his father Isaak he cried with a loud and very bitter cry and said, Bless, I beseech thee, me also, O father.
35And he said to him, Thy brother hath come deceitfully and taken thy blessing.
36And Esau said, His name is rightly called Jacob; for lo! he hath now supplanted me a second time. He took from me my rights of primogeniture; and now he hath taken my blessing. Then Esau said to his father, Hast thou not, O father, reserved a blessing for me?
37And Isaak in reply said to Esau, Seeing I have made him thy lord and made all his brethren his servants and have also supported him with corn and wine, what can I do for thee, my son?
38And Esau said to his father, Hast thou but one blessing, father? Bless, I beseech thee, me also, O father. And Isaak being deeply affected, Esau raised his voice and wept.
39And Isaak his father answered and said to him, Behold thy dwelling shall border on the fatness of the earth and on the dew of heaven from above.
40By thy sword thou shalt live and thou shalt serve thy brother. But the time will come when thou mayst shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck.
41So Esau harboured a rooted hatred against Jacob on account of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And in this agitation of his mind Esau said, O! that the days of mourning for my father were come that I may kill my brother Jacob.
42And when the words of Esau her eldest son were told to Rebekka she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, Behold thy brother Esau threateneth to kill thee.
43Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice and arise and flee to Mesopotamia to my brother Laban at Charran,
44and dwell with him for some time till the fury and the anger of thy brother turn away from thee,
45and until he forget what thou hast done to him, then I will send for thee from that place. Perhaps I may be bereaved of you both in one day.
46Then Rebekka said to Isaak, I am weary of my life on account of the daughters of the children of Chet. If Jacob should take a wife of the daughters of this land what would life be to me?