Genesis 27
1 And it came to pass when Isaac had become old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, that he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, My son! And he said to him, Here am I.
senuit autem Isaac et caligaverunt oculi eius et videre non poterat vocavitque Esau filium suum maiorem et dixit ei fili mi qui respondit adsum
2 And he said, Behold now, I am become old; I know not the day of my death.
cui pater vides inquit quod senuerim et ignorem diem mortis meae
3 And now, I pray thee, take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field and hunt me venison,
sume arma tua faretram et arcum et egredere foras cumque venatu aliquid adprehenderis
4 and prepare me a savoury dish such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, in order that my soul may bless thee before I die.
fac mihi inde pulmentum sicut velle me nosti et adfer ut comedam et benedicat tibi anima mea antequam moriar
5 And Rebecca heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt venison, to bring it.
quod cum audisset Rebecca et ille abisset in agrum ut iussionem patris expleret
6 And Rebecca spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak to Esau thy brother, saying,
dixit filio suo Iacob audivi patrem tuum loquentem cum Esau fratre tuo et dicentem ei
7 Bring me venison, and prepare me a savoury dish, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah, before my death.
adfer mihi venationem tuam et fac cibos ut comedam et benedicam tibi coram Domino antequam moriar
8 And now, my son, hearken to my voice in that which I command thee.
nunc ergo fili mi adquiesce consiliis meis
9 Go, I pray thee, to the flock, and fetch me thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make of them a savoury dish for thy father, such as he loves.
et pergens ad gregem adfer mihi duos hedos optimos ut faciam ex eis escas patri tuo quibus libenter vescitur
10 And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, in order that he may bless thee before his death.
quas cum intuleris et comederit benedicat tibi priusquam moriatur
11 And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
cui ille respondit nosti quod Esau frater meus homo pilosus sit et ego lenis
12 My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall be in his sight as one who mocks [him], and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing.
si adtractaverit me pater meus et senserit timeo ne putet sibi voluisse inludere et inducat super me maledictionem pro benedictione
13 And his mother said to him, On me [be] thy curse, my son! Only hearken to my voice, and go, fetch [them].
ad quem mater in me sit ait ista maledictio fili mi tantum audi vocem meam et perge adferque quae dixi
14 And he went, and fetched and brought [them] to his mother. And his mother prepared a savoury dish such as his father loved.
abiit et adtulit deditque matri paravit illa cibos sicut noverat velle patrem illius
15 And Rebecca took the clothes of her elder son Esau, the costly ones which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son;
et vestibus Esau valde bonis quas apud se habebat domi induit eum
16 and she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck;
pelliculasque hedorum circumdedit manibus et colli nuda protexit
17 and she gave the savoury dishes and the bread that she had prepared into the hand of her son Jacob.
dedit pulmentum et panes quos coxerat tradidit
18 And he came to his father, and said, My father! And he said, Here am I: who art thou, my son?
quibus inlatis dixit pater mi et ille respondit audio quis tu es fili mi
19 And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn. I have done according as thou didst say to me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.
dixitque Iacob ego sum Esau primogenitus tuus feci sicut praecepisti mihi surge sede et comede de venatione mea ut benedicat mihi anima tua
20 And Isaac said to his son, How is it that thou hast found [it] so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God put [it] in my way.
rursum Isaac ad filium suum quomodo inquit tam cito invenire potuisti fili mi qui respondit voluntatis Dei fuit ut cito mihi occurreret quod volebam
21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be really my son Esau or not.
dixitque Isaac accede huc ut tangam te fili mi et probem utrum tu sis filius meus Esau an non
22 And Jacob drew near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
accessit ille ad patrem et palpato eo dixit Isaac vox quidem vox Iacob est sed manus manus sunt Esau
23 And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.
et non cognovit eum quia pilosae manus similitudinem maioris expresserant benedicens ergo illi
24 And he said, Art thou really my son Esau? And he said, It is I.
ait tu es filius meus Esau respondit ego sum
25 And he said, Bring [it] near to me, that I may eat of my son's venison, in order that my soul may bless thee. And he brought [it] near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
at ille offer inquit mihi cibos de venatione tua fili mi ut benedicat tibi anima mea quos cum oblatos comedisset obtulit ei etiam vinum quo hausto
26 And his father Isaac said to him, Come near, now, and kiss me, my son.
dixit ad eum accede ad me et da mihi osculum fili mi
27 And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelt the smell of his clothes, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed.
accessit et osculatus est eum statimque ut sensit vestimentorum illius flagrantiam benedicens ait ecce odor filii mei sicut odor agri cui benedixit Dominus
28 And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and new wine.
det tibi Deus de rore caeli et de pinguedine terrae abundantiam frumenti et vini
29 Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be they that curse thee, And blessed be they that bless thee.
et serviant tibi populi et adorent te tribus esto dominus fratrum tuorum et incurventur ante te filii matris tuae qui maledixerit tibi sit maledictus et qui benedixerit benedictionibus repleatur
30 And it came to pass when Isaac had ended blessing Jacob, and when Jacob was only just gone out from Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came from his hunting.
vix Isaac sermonem impleverat et egresso Iacob foras venit Esau
31 And he also had prepared savoury dishes, and he brought [them] in to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.
coctosque de venatione cibos intulit patri dicens surge pater mi et comede de venatione filii tui ut benedicat mihi anima tua
32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.
dixitque illi Isaac quis enim es tu qui respondit ego sum primogenitus filius tuus Esau
33 Then Isaac trembled with exceeding great trembling, and said, Who was he, then, that hunted venison and brought [it] to me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him; also blessed he shall be.
expavit Isaac stupore vehementi et ultra quam credi potest admirans ait quis igitur ille est qui dudum captam venationem adtulit mihi et comedi ex omnibus priusquam tu venires benedixique ei et erit benedictus
34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me — me also, my father!
auditis Esau sermonibus patris inrugiit clamore magno et consternatus ait benedic etiam mihi pater mi
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and has taken away thy blessing.
qui ait venit germanus tuus fraudulenter et accepit benedictionem tuam
36 And he said, Is it not therefore he was named Jacob, for he has supplanted me now twice? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
at ille subiunxit iuste vocatum est nomen eius Iacob subplantavit enim me en altera vice primogenita mea ante tulit et nunc secundo subripuit benedictionem meam rursumque ad patrem numquid non reservasti ait et mihi benedictionem
37 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him — and what can I do now for thee, my son?
respondit Isaac dominum tuum illum constitui et omnes fratres eius servituti illius subiugavi frumento et vino stabilivi eum tibi post haec fili mi ultra quid faciam
38 And Esau said to his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me — me also, my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
cui Esau num unam inquit tantum benedictionem habes pater mihi quoque obsecro ut benedicas cumque heiulatu magno fleret
39 And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of the dew of heaven from above;
motus Isaac dixit ad eum in pinguedine terrae et in rore caeli desuper
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live; And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou rovest about, That thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
erit benedictio tua vives gladio et fratri tuo servies tempusque veniet cum excutias et solvas iugum eius de cervicibus tuis
41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.
oderat ergo semper Esau Iacob pro benedictione qua benedixerat ei pater dixitque in corde suo veniant dies luctus patris mei ut occidam Iacob fratrem meum
42 And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebecca. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, comforts himself that he will kill thee.
nuntiata sunt haec Rebeccae quae mittens et vocans Iacob filium suum dixit ad eum ecce Esau frater tuus minatur ut occidat te
43 And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran;
nunc ergo fili audi vocem meam et consurgens fuge ad Laban fratrem meum in Haran
44 and abide with him some days, until thy brother's fury turn away —
habitabisque cum eo dies paucos donec requiescat furor fratris tui
45 until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; then I will send and fetch thee thence. Why should I be bereaved even of you both in one day?
et cesset indignatio eius obliviscaturque eorum quae fecisti in eum postea mittam et adducam te inde huc cur utroque orbabor filio in una die
46 And Rebecca 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 should my life do me?
dixit quoque Rebecca ad Isaac taedet me vitae meae propter filias Heth si acceperit Iacob uxorem de stirpe huius terrae nolo vivere
