Genesis 27
GEN 27:1 And it cometh to pass that Isaac `is' aged, and his eyes are too dim
for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, `My son;' and
he saith unto him, `Here `am' I.'
GEN 27:2 And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known
the day of my death;
GEN 27:3 and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy
bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision,
GEN 27:4 and make for me tasteful things, `such' as I have loved, and bring in
to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.'
GEN 27:5 And Rebekah is hearkening while Isaac is speaking unto Esau his son;
and Esau goeth to the field to hunt provision -- to bring in;
GEN 27:6 and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying, `Lo, I have heard
thy father speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying,
GEN 27:7 Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat,
and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
GEN 27:8 `And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding
thee:
GEN 27:9 Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good
kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things for thy father, `such' as he
hath loved;
GEN 27:10 and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his
soul doth bless thee before his death.
GEN 27:11 And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother `is' a
hairy man, and I a smooth man,
GEN 27:12 it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a
deceiver, and have brought upon me disesteem, and not a blessing;'
GEN 27:13 and his mother saith to him, `On me thy disesteem, my son; only
hearken to my voice, and go, take for me.'
GEN 27:14 And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother
maketh tasteful things, `such' as his father hath loved;
GEN 27:15 and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which
`are' with her in the house, and doth put on Jacob her younger son;
GEN 27:16 and the skins of the kids of the goats she hath put on his hands, and
on the smooth of his neck,
GEN 27:17 and she giveth the tasteful things, and the bread which she hath made,
into the hand of Jacob her son.
GEN 27:18 And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, `My father;' and he
saith, `Here `am' I; who `art' thou, my son?'
GEN 27:19 And Jacob saith unto his father, `I `am' Esau thy first-born; I have
done as thou hast spoken unto me; rise, I pray thee, sit, and eat of my
provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.'
GEN 27:20 And Isaac saith unto his son, `What `is' this thou hast hasted to
find, my son?' and he saith, `That which Jehovah thy God hath caused to come
before me.'
GEN 27:21 And Isaac saith unto Jacob, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee,
my son, whether thou `art' he, my son Esau, or not.'
GEN 27:22 And Jacob cometh nigh unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and
saith, `The voice `is' the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.'
GEN 27:23 And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the
hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him,
GEN 27:24 and saith, `Thou art he -- my son Esau?' and he saith, `I `am'.'
GEN 27:25 And he saith, `Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son's provision,
so that my soul doth bless thee;' and he bringeth nigh to him, and he eateth;
and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh.
GEN 27:26 And Isaac his father saith to him, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss
me, my son;'
GEN 27:27 and he cometh nigh, and kisseth him, and he smelleth the fragrance of
his garments, and blesseth him, and saith, `See, the fragrance of my son `is' as
the fragrance of a field which Jehovah hath blessed;
GEN 27:28 and God doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of
the earth, and abundance of corn and wine;
GEN 27:29 peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty
over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who
curse thee `are' cursed, and those who bless thee `are' blessed.'
GEN 27:30 And it cometh to pass, as Isaac hath finished blessing Jacob, and
Jacob is only just going out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau
his brother hath come in from his hunting;
GEN 27:31 and he also maketh tasteful things, and bringeth to his father, and
saith to his father, `Let my father arise, and eat of his son's provision, so
that thy soul doth bless me.'
GEN 27:32 And Isaac his father saith to him, `Who `art' thou?' and he saith, `I
`am' thy son, thy first-born, Esau;'
GEN 27:33 and Isaac trembleth a very great trembling, and saith, `Who, now, `is'
he who hath provided provision, and bringeth in to me, and I eat of all before
thou comest in, and I bless him? -- yea, blessed is he.'
GEN 27:34 When Esau heareth the words of his father, then he crieth a very great
and bitter cry, and saith to his father, `Bless me, me also, O my father;'
GEN 27:35 and he saith, `Thy brother hath come with subtilty, and taketh thy
blessing.'
GEN 27:36 And he saith, `Is it because `one' called his name Jacob that he doth
take me by the heel these two times? my birthright he hath taken; and lo, now,
he hath taken my blessing;' he saith also, `Hast thou not kept back a blessing
for me?'
GEN 27:37 And Isaac answereth and saith to Esau, `Lo, a mighty one have I set
him over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and `with'
corn and wine have I sustained him; and for thee now, what shall I do, my son?'
GEN 27:38 And Esau saith unto his father, `One blessing hast thou my father?
bless me, me also, O my father;' and Esau lifteth up his voice, and weepeth.
GEN 27:39 And Isaac his father answereth and saith unto him, `Lo, of the fatness
of the earth is thy dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above;
GEN 27:40 and by thy sword dost thou live, and thy brother dost thou serve; and
it hath come to pass when thou rulest, that thou hast broken his yoke from off
thy neck.'
GEN 27:41 And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father
blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning `for' my father
draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'
GEN 27:42 And the words of Esau her elder son are declared to Rebekah, and she
sendeth and calleth for Jacob her younger son, and saith unto him, `Lo, Esau thy
brother is comforting himself in regard to thee -- to slay thee;
GEN 27:43 and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto
Laban my brother, to Haran,
GEN 27:44 and thou hast dwelt with him some days, till thy brother's fury turn
back,
GEN 27:45 till thy brother's anger turn back from thee, and he hath forgotten
that which thou hast done to him, and I have sent and taken thee from thence;
why am I bereaved even of you both the same day?'
GEN 27:46 And Rebekah saith unto Isaac, `I have been disgusted with my life
because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the
daughters of Heth, like these -- from the daughters of the land -- why do I
live?'
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