Genesis 27
1 And it came to pass after Isaac was old, that his eyes were dimmed so that he could not see; and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him, My son; and he said, Behold, I [am here].
And it comes to pass that Isaac [is] aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calls [for] his older son Esau and says to him, “My son”; and he says to him, “Here I [am].”
2 And he said, Behold, I am grown old, and know not the day of my death.
And he says, “Now behold, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;
3 Now then take the weapons, both your quiver and your bow, and go into the plain, and get me venison,
and now, please take up your instruments, your quiver, and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt provision for me,
4 and make me meats, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you, before I die.
and make tasteful things for me, [such] as I have loved, and bring [them] to me, and I eat, so that my soul blesses you before I die.”
5 And Rebecca heard Isaac speaking to Esau his son; and Esau went to the plain to procure venison for his father.
And Rebekah is listening while Isaac is speaking to his son Esau; and Esau goes to the field to hunt game—to bring in;
6 And Rebecca said to Jacob her younger son, Behold, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,
and Rebekah has spoken to her son Jacob, saying, “Behold, I have heard your father speaking to your brother Esau, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and prepare me meats, that I may eat and bless you before the Lord before I die.
Bring game for me, and make tasteful things for me, and I eat, and bless you before YHWH before my death.
8 Now then, my son, listen to me, as I command you.
And now, my son, listen to my voice, to that which I am commanding you:
9 And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for your father, as he likes.
Now go to the flock, and take for me two good kids of the goats from there, and I make them tasteful things for your father, [such] as he has loved;
10 And you shall bring them in to your father, and he shall eat, that your father may bless you before he dies.
and you have taken [them] to your father, and he has eaten, so that his soul blesses you before his death.”
11 And Jacob said to his mother Rebecca, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man.
And Jacob says to his mother Rebekah, “Behold, my brother Esau [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man,
12 Peradventure my father may feel me, and I shall be before him as one ill-intentioned, and I shall bring upon me a curse, and not a blessing.
it may be my father feels me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought on me disapproval, and not a blessing”;
13 And his mother said to him, On me be your curse, son; only listen to my voice, and go and bring [them] me.
and his mother says to him, “On me your disapproval, my son; only listen to my voice, and go, take for me.”
14 So he went and took and brought them to his mother; and his mother made meats, as his father liked [them].
And he goes, and takes, and brings to his mother, and his mother makes tasteful things, [such] as his father has loved;
15 And Rebecca having taken the fine raiment of her elder son Esau which was with her in the house, put it on Jacob her younger son.
and Rebekah takes the desirable garments of Esau her older son, which [are] with her in the house, and puts them on Jacob her younger son;
16 And she put on his arms the skins of the kids, and on the bare parts of his neck.
and she has put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck,
17 And she gave the meats, and the loaves which she had prepared, into the hands of Jacob her son.
and she gives the tasteful things, and the bread which she has made, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 And he brought [them] to his father, and said, Father; and he said, Behold I [am here]; who are you, son?
And he comes to his father and says, “My father”; and he says, “Here I [am]; who [are] you, my son?”
19 And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau your firstborn, have done as you told me; rise, sit, and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.
And Jacob says to his father, “I [am] Esau your firstborn; I have done as you have spoken to me; please rise, sit and eat of my game, so that your soul blesses me.”
20 And Isaac said to his son, What is this which you have quickly found? And he said, That which the Lord your God presented before me.
And Isaac says to his son, “What [is] this you have hurried to find, my son?” And he says, “That which your God YHWH has caused to come before me.”
21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Draw night to me, and I will feel you, son, if you are my son Esau or not.
And Isaac says to Jacob, “Please come near, and I feel you, my son, whether you [are] he, my son Esau, or not.”
22 And Jacob drew near to his father Isaac, and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.
And Jacob comes near to his father Isaac, and he feels him, and says, “The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.”
23 And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him,
And he has not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of his brother Esau, and he blesses him,
24 and he said, Are you my son Esau? and he said, I [am].
and says, “You are he—my son Esau?” And he says, “I [am].”
25 And he said, Bring hither, and I will eat of your venison, son, that my soul may bless you; and he brought [it] near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank.
And he says, “Bring [it] near to me, and I eat of my son’s game, so that my soul blesses you”; and he brings [it] near to him, and he eats; and he brings wine to him, and he drinks.
26 And Isaac his father said to him, Draw near to me, and kiss me, son.
And his father Isaac says to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son”;
27 And he drew near and kissed him, and smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of an abundant field, which the Lord has blessed.
and he comes near, and kisses him, and he smells the fragrance of his garments, and blesses him, and says, “See, the fragrance of my son [is] as the fragrance of a field which YHWH has blessed;
28 And may God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine.
and God gives to you of the dew of the heavens, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and wine;
29 And let nations serve you, and princes bow down to you, and be you lord of your brother, and the sons of your father shall do you reverence; accursed is he that curses you, and blessed is he that blesses you.
peoples serve you, and nations bow themselves to you, be mighty over your brothers, and the sons of your mother bow themselves to you; those who curse you [are] cursed, and those who bless you [are] blessed.”
30 And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing his son Jacob, it even came to pass, just when Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
And it comes to pass, as Isaac has finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from the presence of his father Isaac, that his brother Esau has come in from his hunting;
31 And he also had made meats and brought them to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me.
and he also makes tasteful things, and brings to his father, and says to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s game, so that your soul blesses me.”
32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your firstborn son Esau.
And his father Isaac says to him, “Who [are] you?” And he says, “I [am] your son, your firstborn, Esau”;
33 And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? and I have eaten of all before you came, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed.
and Isaac trembles a very great trembling and says, “Who, now, [is] he who has provided game, and brings to me, and I eat of all before you come in, and I bless him? Indeed, he is blessed.”
34 And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said, Bless, I pray you, me also, father.
When Esau hears the words of his father, then he cries a very great and bitter cry, and says to his father, “Bless me, me also, O my father”;
35 And he said to him, Your brother has come with subtlety, and taken your blessing.
and he says, “Your brother has come with subtlety, and takes your blessing.”
36 And he said, Rightly was his name called Jacob, for behold! this second time has he supplanted me; he has both taken my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing; and Esau said to his father, Hast you not left a blessing for me, father?
And he says, “Is it because he whose name is called Jacob takes me by the heel these two times? He has taken my birthright; and behold, now he has taken my blessing”; he also says, “Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”
37 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, If I have made him your lord, and have made all his brethren his servants, and have strengthened him with corn and wine, what then shall I do for you, son?
And Isaac answers and says to Esau, “Behold, a mighty one have I set him over you, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants, and [with] grain and wine have I sustained him; and for you now, what will I do, my son?”
38 And Esau said to his father, Hast you [only] one blessing, father? Bless, I pray you, me also, father. And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept.
And Esau says to his father, “One blessing have you my father? Bless me, me also, O my father”; and Esau lifts up his voice, and weeps.
39 And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.
And his father Isaac answers and says to him, “Behold, of the fatness of the earth is your dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above;
40 And you shall live by your sword, and shall serve your brother; and there shall be [a time] when you shall break and loosen his yoke from off your neck.
and by your sword you live, and your brother serves you; and it has come to pass, when you rule, that you have broken his yoke from off your neck.”
41 And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw near, that I may kill my brother Jacob.
And Esau hates Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau says in his heart, “The days of mourning [for] my father draw near, and I slay my brother Jacob.”
42 And the words of Esau her elder son were reported to Rebecca, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, Esau your brother threatens you to kill you.
And the words of Esau her older son are declared to Rebekah, and she sends and calls for Jacob her younger son, and says to him, “Behold, your brother Esau is comforting himself in regard to you—to slay you;
43 Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into Charran.
and now, my son, listen to my voice, and rise, flee for yourself to my brother Laban, to Haran,
44 And dwell with him certain days, until your brother's anger
and you have dwelt with him some days, until your brother’s fury turns back,
45 and rage depart from you, and he forget what you have done to him; and I will send and fetch you thence, lest at any time I should be bereaved of you both in one day.
until your brother’s anger turns back from you, and he has forgotten that which you have done to him, and I have sent and taken you from there; why am I bereaved even of you both the same day?”
46 And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of the sons of Chet; if Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of this land, therefore should I live?
And Rebekah says to Isaac, “I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these—from the daughters of the land—why do I live?”
