1 Mose 27
1 Als Isaak nun alt geworden und seine Augen erblindet waren, rief er seinen älteren Sohn Esau und sprach zu ihm: "Mein Sohn!" Der sprach zu ihm: "Hier bin ich."
When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son,
2 Da sprach er: "Ich bin jetzt alt geworden und kann täglich sterben.
and said to him, “My son?” Esau replied, “Here I am!”
3 Nimm nun dein Jagdgerät, dein Wehrgehänge und deinen Bogen! Gehe aufs Feld und jage mir ein Wild!
Isaac said, “Listen to me. I am very old, and I do not know when I will die. So now take your bow and quiver full of arrows and go out into the countryside, and hunt for a wild animal for me.
4 Dann bereite mir Leckerbissen, wie ich sie liebe, und bringe sie zum Essen, auf daß dich meine Seele segne, bevor ich sterbe!"
Kill one and prepare the kind of tasty meat that I like. Then bring it to me so that after I eat it, I can give you a blessing before I die.”
5 Rebekka aber hatte gelauscht, wie Isaak mit seinem Sohne Esau sprach. Esau ging nun aufs Feld, Wild zum Vorsetzen zu jagen.
Rebekah was listening as Isaac said that to his son, Esau. So when Esau left the tent to go to the countryside to hunt for a wild animal in order to kill it and bring it back,
6 Da sprach Rebekka zu ihrem Sohne Jakob also: "Ich habe eben gehört, wie mit deinem Bruder Esau dein Vater redete und sprach:
Rebekah said to her son, Jacob, “Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother, Esau, saying,
7 'Hol mir ein Wild und bereite mir Leckerbissen zum Essen! Dann segne ich dich mit des Herrn Zustimmung vor meinem Tode.'
‘Go and kill some wild animal and bring it here, and prepare the meat in a tasty way, so that I may eat it, and then before I die I can give you my blessing while Yahweh is listening.’
8 Nun, mein Sohn, folg meinem Rat, was ich dich heiße!
So now, my son, do what I am telling you.
9 Geh zum Kleinvieh! Hol mir von dort zwei schöne Ziegenböckchen, daß ich sie für deinen Vater zu Leckerbissen bereite, wie er's liebt!
Go out to the flock and [kill] two nice young goats and bring [the meat] to me. Then I will prepare some tasty food for your father, the way he likes it.
10 Dann bringst du sie deinem Vater zum Essen, auf daß er dich segne vor seinem Tode."
Then you can take it to your father, in order that he can eat it, and then, before he dies, he will give his blessing to you, [and not to your older brother].”
11 Da sprach Jakob zu seiner Mutter Rebekka: "Aber mein Bruder Esau ist sehr stark behaart, indes ich glatt bin.
But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “But my brother Esau’s skin has hair all over it, and my skin is not like that! My skin is smooth!
12 Vielleicht betastet mich mein Vater; dann stehe ich vor ihm als Possenreißer da und bringe über mich nur Fluch, nicht Segen."
What will happen if my father touches me? He will realize that I am tricking him, and as a result (I will be cursed/he will say that God will do bad things to) me, not a blessing!”
13 Da sprach seine Mutter zu ihm: "Auf mich falle die Verfluchung, die dir gilt, mein Sohn! Folge meinem Rat! Geh hin und hol es mir!"
His mother replied, “If that happens, let the curse be on me. You do what I am telling you. Go and get the goats for me!”
14 Da ging er, holte und brachte es seiner Mutter, und seine Mutter bereitete Leckerbissen, wie sein Vater sie liebte.
So Jacob went and killed two goats and brought them to his mother. Then [with the meat] his mother prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked.
15 Dann holte Rebekka ihres ältesten Sohnes Esau Kleider, die sie im Hause drinnen hatte, und zog sie ihrem jüngeren Sohne Jakob an.
Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s clothes that were with her in the tent, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
16 Die Ziegenböckchenfelle aber hatte sie um seine Arme und seinen glatten Hals gelegt.
She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
17 Dann gab sie die Leckerbissen samt dem Brot, wie sie's bereitet hatte, ihrem Sohne Jakob in die Hand.
Then she handed him some bread and the tasty food that she had prepared.
18 So kam er zu seinem Vater und sprach: "Mein Vater!" Er antwortete: "Hier bin ich. Wer bist du, mein Sohn?"
Jacob took it to his father and said, “My father!” Isaac replied, “I’m here; which of my sons are you?”
19 Da sprach Jakob zu seinem Vater: "Ich bin dein Erstgeborener, Esau. Ich habe getan, wie du mir gesagt. Auf! Iß von meinem Wildbret, auf daß mich deine Seele segne!"
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn son. I did what you told me to do. Sit up and eat some of the meat so that you can then bless me.”
20 Da sprach Isaak zu seinem Sohn: "Wie hast du's, mein Sohn, so schnell gefunden?" Er sprach: "Der Herr, dein Gott, hat es mir in den Weg laufen lassen."
But Isaac asked his son, “My son, how is it that you were able to find and kill an animal so quickly?” Jacob replied, “Because Yahweh, whom you worship, enabled me to be successful.”
21 Da sprach Isaak zu Jakob: "Tritt näher, mein Sohn, daß ich dich betaste! Bist du wirklich mein Sohn Esau? Bist du's nicht?"
Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near to me, my son, so that I can touch you and determine whether you are really my son Esau.”
22 Da trat Jakob näher zu seinem Vater Isaak. Er betastete ihn und sprach: "Die Stimme ist zwar Jakobs Stimme; die Arme aber sind Esaus Arme."
So Jacob went close to him. Isaac. Isaac touched him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob, but your hands feel hairy, like the hands of your older brother, Esau.”
23 Und er erkannte ihn nicht; denn seine Arme waren wie die seines Bruders Esau behaart. So gab er ihm den Segen.
Isaac did not recognize Jacob, [because he was blind] and because Jacob’s hands were now hairy, like those of his older brother, Esau. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.
24 Er sprach: "Du bist also Esau, mein Sohn?" Er sprach: "Ja."
But first Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob replied, “Yes, I am.”
25 Da sprach er: "So bring's mir her, daß ich von meines Sohnes Wildbret esse, damit dich meine Seele segne!" Da brachte er es ihm, und er aß; dann brachte er ihm Wein, und er trank.
Isaac said, “My son, bring me some of the meat that you have cooked, so that I may eat it and then give you my blessing.” So Jacob brought him some, and he ate it. Jacob also brought him some wine, and he drank it.
26 Nun sprach sein Vater Isaak zu ihm: "Tritt näher und küsse mich, mein Sohn!"
Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come here and kiss me.”
27 Da trat er näher und küßte ihn. Da roch er den Duft seiner Kleider, segnete ihn und sprach: "Wahrhaftig, meines Sohnes Duft ist wie der Duft des Feldes, das der Herr gesegnet.
So Jacob came close to him, and his father kissed him on the cheek. Isaac smelled the clothes Jacob was wearing. They smelled like Esau’s clothes. So he said, “Truly, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed.
28 Dir gebe Gott vom Himmelstau und von der Erde besten Früchten, des Kornes und des Weins die Fülle!
I ask that God will send down to you dew from heaven [to water your fields], and cause you to have abundant crops, good harvests of grain, and grapes for wine.
29 Dir sollen Völker dienen und Stämme sich vor dir verneigen! Sei Herrscher aber deine Brüder! Die Söhne deiner Mutter sollen sich vor dir verneigen! Wer dich verflucht, der sei verflucht! Und wer dich segnet, sei gesegnet!"
I ask that people of many nations will serve you and bow down to you. I ask that you will rule over your brothers, and that your mother’s descendants will also bow down to you. I ask that God will curse/punish those who (curse you/ask God to do bad things to you), and bless those who bless you.”
30 Wie aber Isaak den Segen über Jakob beendet und Jakob kaum seinen Vater Isaak verlassen, kam sein Bruder Esau von seiner Jagd.
After Isaac finished blessing Jacob, Jacob was just leaving the room where his father was, when his older brother, Esau, returned from hunting.
31 Er bereitete gleichfalls Leckerbissen und brachte sie seinem Vater. Er sprach zu seinem Vater: "Mein Vater richte sich auf und esse von seines Sohnes Wildbret auf daß deine Seele mich segne!"
Esau cooked some tasty meat and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “My father, please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have cooked, so that you can then give me your blessing!”
32 Da sprach sein Vater Isaak zu ihm: "Wer bist du?" Er sprach: "Ich bin dein Sohn, dein Erstgeborener, Esau."
His father, Isaac, said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am Esau, your firstborn son!”
33 Da erschrak Isaak über alle Maßen und sprach: "Wer in aller Welt ist der gewesen, der ein erjagtes Wild mir brachte, daß ich gehörig aß, bevor du kamst? Ihn segnete ich, und gesegnet wird er bleiben."
Then Isaac, realizing that it was not Esau who had come earlier, trembled very violently. He said, “Then who is it that brought me some meat from an animal that he had hunted and killed, and I ate it all? He was here just before you came. I blessed him, and I cannot (take back that blessing/declare that those things will not happen to him).”
34 Wie Esau die Worte seines Vaters vernahm, schrie er überlaut und bitterlich und sprach zu seinem Vater: "Mein Vater, segne auch mich!"
When Esau heard those words of his father, he cried loudly. He was very disappointed. He said to his father, “My father, bless me, too!”
35 Er sprach: "Dein Bruder ist mit List gekommen, und so nahm er dir deinen Segen."
But his father said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing!”
36 Da sprach er: "Heißt man ihn nicht Jakob? Schon zum zweitenmal betrog er mich. Mein Erstgeburtsrecht hat er genommen; jetzt nimmt er mir auch den Segen." Dann sprach er: "Hast du mir keinen Segen aufbewahrt?"
Esau said, “It is right [RHQ] that his name is Jacob, which means ‘cheat,’ because he deceived me two times. The first time he took my rights from being his firstborn son, and this time he took my blessing!” Then he asked, “Do you not have any blessing left for me?”
37 Darauf erwiderte Isaak und sprach zu Esau: "Ich habe ihn zum Herrn über dich gesetzt. All seine Brüder habe ich ihm zu Knechten gegeben und ihn mit Korn und Most belehnt. Was in aller Welt kann ich dir tun, mein Sohn?"
Isaac answered and said to Esau, “I have declared that your younger brother will rule over you, and declared that all his relatives will serve him. And I have said that God will give him plenty of grain and grapes for wine. So, my son, (what can I do for you?/There is nothing more that I can do for you!)” [RHQ]
38 Da sprach Esau zu seinem Vater: "Hast du nur den einen Segen, mein Vater? Mein Vater, segne doch auch mich!" und Esau fing laut zu weinen an.
Esau said to his father, “My father, do you have only one blessing? My father, bless me, too!” Then Esau cried very loudly.
39 Darauf hub sein Vater Isaak an und sprach zu ihm: "Fern von der Erde edlen Frucht wird dein Wohnsitz sein, und fern vom Tau des Himmels droben.
His father Isaac answered and said to him, “The place where you will live will be far from the fertile soil and from the dew that God sends from heaven [to water the fields].
40 Von deinem Schwerte wirst du leben und deinem Bruder dienstbar sein, nur wenn du heimatlos umherschweifest, dann hältst du deinem Nacken fern sein Joch."
You will [rob and] kill people [MTY] in order to [get what you need to] live, and you will be as though you are your brother’s slave. But when you decide to rebel against him, you will (free yourself from/no longer be under) his control.”
41 So ward Esau dem Jakob feind wegen des Segens, den ihm sein Vater gegeben. Und Esau dachte bei sich: "Kommen die Trauertage um meinen Vater, dann töte ich meinen Bruder Jakob."
So, because his father had given a blessing to Jacob, and not to him, Esau hated his younger brother. Esau thought to himself, “After my father dies and we finish mourning for him, I will kill Jacob!”
42 Der Rebekka verriet sich aber das Vorhaben ihres älteren Sohnes Esau. So sandte sie hin, ließ ihren jüngeren Sohn Jakob rufen und sprach zu ihm: "Siehe, dein Bruder Esau sinnt auf Rache gegen dich und will dich töten.
But Rebekah found out what her older son, Esau, was thinking. So she summoned her younger son, Jacob, and said to him, “Listen to me. Your older brother, Esau, is [comforting himself by] planning to kill you, to get revenge because of your deceiving your father.
43 So folge meinem Rat, mein Sohn! Brich auf und mach, daß du geschwind zu meinem Bruder Laban nach Charan kommst!
So now, my son, listen carefully to what I am telling you. Escape quickly and go and stay with my brother Laban, in Haran [town].
44 Dann bleibe eine Zeit bei ihm, bis sich deines Bruders Groll legt!
Stay with him a while, until your older brother is no longer angry.
45 Läßt dann deines Bruders Zorn von dir ab und vergißt er, was du ihm getan, dann sende ich und lasse dich von dort holen. Warum soll ich euch beide an einem Tag verlieren?"
When he forgets what you did to him, I will send a message to you, to tell you to return from there. If Esau kills you, [others will kill him, and] then both my sons would die at the same time!” [RHQ]
46 Und Rebekka sprach zu Isaak: "Ich bin des Lebens überdrüssig der Töchter Chets wegen. 47 Holt sich auch Jakob ein Weib von den Töchtern Chets, wie diese da aus des Landes Töchtern, wozu lebte ich noch?"
Rebekah also said to Isaac, “These [foreign] women whom Esau has married, who are descendants of Heth, are making my life miserable. I would prefer to die than to see Jacob marry a woman from the descendants of Heth in this area!”
