Genesis 27
1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his oldest son, and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Behold, 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 old, I know not the day of my death:
Cui pater: Vides, inquit, quod senuerim, et ignorem diem mortis meae.
3 Now therefore take, I pray you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
Sume arma tua, pharetram, et arcum, et egredere foras: cumque venatu aliquid apprehenderis,
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die.
fac mihi inde pulmentum sicut velle me nosti, et affer ut comedam: et benedicat tibi anima mea antequam moriar.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
Quod cum audisset Rebecca, et ille abiisset in agrum ut iussionem patris impleret,
6 And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
dixit filio suo Iacob: Audivi patrem tuum loquentem cum Esau fratre tuo, et dicentem ei:
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless you before the LORD before my death.
Affer mihi de venatione tua, et fac cibos ut comedam, et benedicam tibi coram Domino antequam moriar.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
Nunc ergo fili mi, acquiesce consiliis meis:
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from there two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for your father, such as he loves:
et pergens ad gregem, affer mihi duos hoedos optimos, ut faciam ex eis escas patri tuo, quibus libenter vescitur:
10 And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you before his death.
quas cum intuleris, et comederit, benedicat tibi priusquam moriatur.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah 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 peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing.
si attrectaverit me pater meus, et senserit, timeo ne putet me sibi voluisse illudere, et inducat super me maledictionem pro benedictione.
13 And his mother said to him, On me be your curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
Ad quem mater: In me sit, ait, ista maledictio, fili mi: tantum audi vocem meam, et pergens affer quae dixi.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
Abiit, et attulit, deditque matri. Paravit illa cibos, sicut velle noverat patrem illius.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her oldest son Esau, 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 hoedorum circumdedit manibus, et colli nuda protexit.
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
Deditque pulmentum, et panes, quos coxerat, tradidit.
18 And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who are you, my son?
Quibus illatis, dixit: Pater mi? At ille respondit: Audio. Quis es tu fili mi?
19 And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your first born; I have done according as you bade me: arise, I pray you, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.
Dixitque Iacob: Ego sum primogenitus tuus Esau: 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 you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD your God brought it to me.
Rursumque Isaac ad filium suum: Quo modo, inquit, tam cito invenire potuisti, fili mi? Qui respondit: Voluntas Dei fuit ut cito occurreret mihi quod volebam:
21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you be my very son Esau or not.
Dixitque Isaac: Accede ad me, ut tangam te fili mi, et probem utrum tu sis filius meus Esau, an non.
22 And Jacob went 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 discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
Et non cognovit eum, quia pilosae manus similitudinem maioris expresserant. Benedicens ergo illi,
24 And he said, Are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
ait: Tu es filius meus Esau? Respondit: Ego sum.
25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.
At ille: Affer mihi, inquit, 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 smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed:
Accessit, et osculatus est eum. Statimque ut sensit vestimentorum illius fragrantiam, benedicens illi, ait: Ecce odor filii mei sicut odor agri pleni, cui benedixit Dominus.
28 Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Det tibi Deus de rore caeli, et de pinguedine terrae abundantiam frumenti et vini.
29 Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you: cursed be every one that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you.
Et serviant tibi populi, et adorent te tribus: esto dominus fratrum tuorum, et incurventur ante te filii matris tuae. qui maledixerit tibi, sit ille maledictus: et qui benedixerit tibi, benedictionibus repleatur.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Vix Isaac sermonem impleverat: et egresso Iacob foras, venit Esau,
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your 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 are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn Esau.
Dixitque illi Isaac: Quis enim es tu? Qui respondit: Ego sum filius tuus primogenitus Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yes, and he shall be blessed.
Expavit Isaac stupore vehementi: et ultra quam credi potest, admirans, ait: Quis igitur ille est qui dudum captam venationem attulit mihi, et comedi ex omnibus priusquam tu venires? benedixique ei, et erit benedictus.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
Auditis Esau sermonibus patris, irrugiit clamore magno: et consternatus, ait: Benedic etiam et mihi, pater mi.
35 And he said, Your brother came with subtlety, and has taken away your blessing.
Qui ait: Venit germanus tuus fraudulenter, et accepit benedictionem tuam.
36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?
At ille subiunxit: Iuste vocatum est nomen eius Iacob: supplantavit enim me en altera vice: primogenita mea ante tulit, et nunc secundo surripuit 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 your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now to you, my son?
Respondit Isaac: Dominum tuum illum constitui, et omnes fratres eius servituti illius subiugavi: frumento et vino stabilivi eum, et tibi post haec, fili mi, ultra quid faciam?
38 And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O 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 eiulatu magno fleret,
39 And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be 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 your sword shall you live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.
erit benedictio tua. Vives in 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 blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Oderat ergo semper Esau Iacob pro benedictione qua benedixerat ei pater: dixitque in corde suo: Venient dies luctus patris mei, et occidam Iacob fratrem meum.
42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, your brother Esau, as touching you, does comfort himself, purposing to kill you.
Nunciata sunt haec Rebeccae: quae mittens et vocans Iacob filium suum, dixit ad eum: Ecce Esau frater tuus minatur ut occidat te.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee you to Laban my brother to Haran;
Nunc ergo, fili mi, audi vocem meam, et consurgens fuge ad Laban fratrem meum in Haran:
44 And tarry with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turn away;
habitabisque cum eo dies paucos, donec requiescat furor fratris tui,
45 Until your brother’s anger turn away from you, and he forget that which you have done to him: then I will send, and fetch you from there: why should I be deprived also 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 uno die?
46 And Rebekah 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 which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Dixitque Rebecca ad Isaac: Taedet me vitae meae propter filias Heth: si acceperit Iacob uxorem de stirpe huius terrae, nolo vivere.
