Génesis 27
1 Aconteció que Isaac envejeció y sus ojos se debilitaron hasta no ver. Entonces llamó a Esaú, su hijo mayor, y le dijo: Hijo mío. Y él respondió: Aquí estoy.
When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son,
2 Le dijo: Mira, ahora ya soy viejo y no sé el día de mi muerte.
and said to him, “My son?” Esau replied, “Here I am!”
3 Toma ahora tus aparejos, tu caja portátil de flechas y tu arco. Sal al campo y cázame alguna presa.
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 Prepárame manjares como a mí me gustan y tráemelos para que coma, a fin de que mi alma te bendiga antes que muera.
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 Pero Rebeca estaba escuchando lo que Isaac decía a su hijo Esaú. Y cuando Esaú fue al campo a cazar la presa que iba a traer,
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 Rebeca habló a su hijo Jacob: Oye, escuché a tu padre cuando dijo a tu hermano Esaú:
Rebekah said to her son, Jacob, “Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother, Esau, saying,
7 Tráeme una presa y prepárame manjares para que yo coma y te bendiga delante de Yavé antes que muera.
‘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 Ahora pues, hijo mío, obedéceme en lo que te ordeno:
So now, my son, do what I am telling you.
9 Vé ahora al rebaño, y tráeme de allí dos buenos cabritos para preparar con ellos manjares para tu padre, como a él le gustan.
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 Tú lo llevarás a tu padre para que coma, y así te bendecirá antes de su muerte.
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 Pero Jacob dijo a su madre Rebeca: Mira, mi hermano Esaú es un hombre velludo, y yo lampiño.
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 Quizás me palpe mi padre. Quedaré ante él como tramposo, y traeré sobre mí maldición y no bendición.
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 Pero su madre le respondió: Hijo mío, tu maldición caiga sobre mí. Solo obedece mi voz. Así que vé y tráemelos.
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 Entonces él fue, los tomó y los llevó a su madre, y su madre los guisó como le gustaban a su padre.
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 Luego Rebeca tomó la mejor ropa de Esaú su hijo mayor que ella tenía consigo en la casa, y vistió a Jacob su hijo menor.
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 Con las pieles de los cabritos le cubrió sus manos y la parte de su cuello donde no tenía vello.
She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
17 Luego colocó en las manos de su hijo Jacob los manjares y el pan que preparó.
Then she handed him some bread and the tasty food that she had prepared.
18 Él fue a su padre y dijo: Padre mío. Él respondió: Aquí estoy. ¿Quién eres, hijo mío?
Jacob took it to his father and said, “My father!” Isaac replied, “I’m here; which of my sons are you?”
19 Y dijo Jacob a su padre: Yo soy Esaú, tu primogénito. Hice como me hablaste. Levántate, te ruego. Siéntate y come de mi caza para que tu alma me bendiga.
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 Entonces Isaac dijo a su hijo: ¡Qué pronto la hallaste, hijo mío! Y él contestó: Porque Yavé tu ʼElohim me la presentó al alcance.
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 Pero Isaac dijo a Jacob: Acércate ahora para que te palpe, hijo mío, si eres tú mi hijo Esaú, o no.
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 Jacob se acercó a su padre Isaac. Él lo palpó y dijo: La voz es la voz de Jacob, pero las manos, las manos de Esaú.
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 No lo reconoció, porque sus manos eran velludas como las de Esaú, y se dispuso a bendecirlo.
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 Preguntó: ¿Eres tú realmente mi hijo Esaú? Contestó: Yo soy.
But first Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob replied, “Yes, I am.”
25 Entonces dijo: Hijo mío, acércame la caza para que coma y mi alma te bendiga. Y él se la acercó, y comió. Luego le sirvió vino y bebió.
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 Entonces su padre Isaac le dijo: Acércate y bésame hijo mío.
Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come here and kiss me.”
27 Él se acercó y lo besó, y al oler Isaac el aroma de sus ropas, lo bendijo: Aquí está el aroma de mi hijo, Como el aroma del campo que Yavé bendijo.
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 ʼElohim, pues, te dé del rocío del cielo, Y de las fertilidades de la tierra, Y abundancia de grano y mosto.
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 Pueblos te sirvan, Y naciones se inclinen ante ti. Sé ʼadón de tus hermanos, E inclínense ante ti los hijos de tu madre. Malditos los que te maldigan, Y benditos los que te bendigan.
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 Aconteció que apenas terminó Isaac de bendecir a Jacob, y Jacob acababa de salir de la presencia de su padre Isaac, su hermano Esaú llegó de su cacería.
After Isaac finished blessing Jacob, Jacob was just leaving the room where his father was, when his older brother, Esau, returned from hunting.
31 También él preparó manjares y los llevaba a su padre. Y dijo a su padre: ¡Levántate, padre mío, y come de la caza de tu hijo para que me bendiga tu alma!
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 Y su padre Isaac le preguntó: ¿Quién eres? Y él respondió: Yo soy tu hijo, tu primogénito Esaú.
His father, Isaac, said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am Esau, your firstborn son!”
33 Entonces Isaac se estremeció grandemente y exclamó: ¿Quién, pues, es el que vino aquí, que cazó y me trajo de comer, y comí de todo antes que tú vinieras? ¡Yo lo bendije y será bendito!
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 Cuando Esaú oyó las palabras de su padre, dio un grito atroz lleno de amargura y pidió a su padre: ¡Bendíceme también a mí, padre mío!
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 Pero él respondió: Vino tu hermano con astucia y tomó tu bendición.
But his father said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing!”
36 Y dijo: Bien llamaron su nombre Jacob, pues me suplantó dos veces: se alzó con mi primogenitura, y mira, ahora tomó mi bendición. Y añadió: ¿No reservaste una bendición para mí?
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 E Isaac respondió a Esaú: Mira, lo declaré como ʼadón tuyo y le di a todos sus hermanos como esclavos. Le dí provisión de trigo y de vino. Entonces, ¿qué podré hacer por ti ahora, hijo mío?
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 Y Esaú preguntó a su padre: Padre mío, ¿no tienes sino una bendición? ¡Bendíceme también a mí, padre mío! Y Esaú alzó su voz y lloró.
Esau said to his father, “My father, do you have only one blessing? My father, bless me, too!” Then Esau cried very loudly.
39 E Isaac su padre respondió: Mira, sin la fertilidad de la tierra Y sin el rocío del cielo, de arriba, será tu habitación.
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 Por tu espada vivirás, Y a tu hermano servirás. Pero sucederá que cuando te fortalezcas, Sacudirás su yugo de tus hombros.
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 Esaú aborreció a Jacob por la bendición de su padre y dijo en su corazón: Se acercan los días del duelo por mi padre, entonces mataré a mi hermano Jacob.
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 Cuando le anunciaron a Rebeca las palabras de Esaú su hijo mayor, envió a llamar a Jacob su hijo menor y le dijo: Mira, tu hermano Esaú se consuela con la idea de matarte.
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 Ahora pues, hijo mío, obedece mi voz. Levántate y huye a Harán, adonde mi hermano Labán.
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 Vive con él algunos días hasta que se calme la furia de tu hermano,
Stay with him a while, until your older brother is no longer angry.
45 hasta que se aplaque la ira contra ti y olvide lo que le hiciste. Entonces te enviaré a traer de allá. ¿Por qué debo ser privada de ustedes dos en un solo día?
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 Rebeca dijo a Isaac: Estoy hastiada de mi vida por causa de las hijas de Het. Si Jacob llega a tomar esposa de entre las hijas de Het, como éstas, de las hijas de esta tierra, ¿de qué me servirá la vida?
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!”
