Génesis 27
1 Y cuando Isaac era viejo, y se nublaron sus ojos, y no pudo ver, envió a buscar a Esaú, su primer hijo, y le dijo: Mi hijo, y él dijo: Heme aquí.
When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son,
2 Y él dijo: Mira ahora, soy viejo, y mi muerte puede tener lugar en cualquier momento:
and said to him, “My son?” Esau replied, “Here I am!”
3 Así que toma tus flechas y tu arco y sal al campo a buscar carne para mí;
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 Y hazme un alimento, bueno para el gusto, como el que me agrada, y ponlo delante de mí, para que yo pueda tener una comida y darte mi bendición antes de que la muerte venga a mí.
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 . Las palabras de Isaac a su hijo fueron escuchadas por Rebeca. Entonces Esaú salió a buscar la carne de caza.
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 Y Rebeca dijo a Jacob, su hijo: escuche a tu padre decir a tu hermano Esaú,
Rebekah said to her son, Jacob, “Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother, Esau, saying,
7 Ve a buscar carne de caza y hazme una buena comida, para que yo pueda estar lleno y darte mi bendición delante del Señor antes de mi muerte.
‘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, hijo mío, haz lo que digo.
So now, my son, do what I am telling you.
9 Ve al rebaño y tráeme dos cabritos gordos; y haré de ellos una comida para el gusto de tu padre:
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 Y se lo llevarás, para que tenga una buena comida y te dé su bendición 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 Y Jacob respondió a Rebeca, su madre: Pero mi hermano Esaú está cubierto de pelo, y yo estoy limpio;
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 Si por casualidad mi padre me pone la mano encima, le parecerá que le estoy engañando, y él me maldecirá en lugar de una 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 Y su madre dijo: Sea maldición sobre mí, hijo mío; haz como yo digo, y ve y tráemelos por mí.
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 se los llevó a su madre; y ella hizo una comida para el gusto de 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 Y Rebeca tomó las vestiduras de su hijo mayor, las cuales estaban con ella 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 Y ella puso las pieles de los cabritos en sus manos y en la parte lisa de su cuello:
She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
17 Y ella entregó en la mano de Jacob, su hijo, la carne y el pan que ella había preparado.
Then she handed him some bread and the tasty food that she had prepared.
18 Y vino a su padre, y le dijo: Mi padre, y él dijo: Heme aquí, ¿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 Jacob dijo: Yo soy Esaú, tu hijo mayor; He hecho lo que dijiste: ven ahora, siéntate y toma mi carne, para que puedas darme una bendición.
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 Y dijo Isaac: ¿Cómo es que lo tienes tan pronto, hijo mío? Y él dijo: Porque Porque él Señor tu Dios lo hizo venir en mi camino.
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 Y dijo Isaac: Acércate, y pondré mi mano sobre ti, hijo mío, y ver si eres verdaderamente 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 Y Jacob se acercó a su padre Isaac, y le puso las manos encima; y él dijo: La voz es la voz de Jacob, pero las manos son 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 Y no supo quién era, porque tenía las manos cubiertas de pelo como las manos de su hermano Esaú, y le dio una bendición.
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 Y él dijo: ¿Eres verdaderamente mi hijo Esaú? Y él dijo: Yo soy.
But first Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob replied, “Yes, I am.”
25 Y él dijo: Ponlo delante de mí, y tomaré de la comida de mi hijo, para darte una bendición. Y él lo puso delante de él y lo tomó; y él le dio vino, y él tomó un trago.
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 Y su padre Isaac le dijo: Ven ahora, hijo mío, y dame un beso.
Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come here and kiss me.”
27 Y acercándose, le dio un beso; y oliendo el olor de su ropa, le dio una bendición, y dijo: Mira, el olor de mi hijo es como el olor de un campo sobre el cual ha venido la bendición del Señor:
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 Que Dios te dé el rocío del cielo, y los bienes de la tierra, y el grano y el vino en toda su medida:
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 Sean los pueblos tus siervos, y las naciones se inclinen delante de ti; gobierna sobre tus hermanos, y los hijos de tu madre se inclinen delante de ti; maldición sobre todos los que te maldicen, y bendición sobre los que te bendicen.
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 Y cuando Isaac hubo terminado de bendecir a Jacob, y Jacob no se había alejado mucho de Isaac su padre, 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 Y preparó una comida, buena para su gusto, y la tomó a su padre, y le dijo: padre levántese y tome del guisado de caza de su hijo, para que me bendiga.
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 Isaac su padre le dijo: ¿Quién eres tú? Y él dijo: Soy tu hijo mayor, Esaú.
His father, Isaac, said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am Esau, your firstborn son!”
33 Y con gran temor, Isaac dijo: ¿Quién, pues, es el que tomó carne y la puso delante de mí, y yo lo tomé todo antes de tu venida, y le di la bendición, 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 Y oyendo las palabras de su padre, Esaú lanzó un gran y amargo clamor, y dijo a su padre: ¡Bendíceme a mí, oh mi padre!
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 Y él dijo: Vino tu hermano con engaño, y tomó tu bendición.
But his father said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing!”
36 Y él dijo: Con razón se llamará Jacob, que hizo trampa dos veces! porque me quitó mi primogenitura, y ahora me ha quitado la bendición. Y él dijo: ¿No has guardado 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 Y respondiendo Isaac, dijo: Yo te lo he puesto por maestro, y le he dado todos sus hermanos por siervos; Lo he hecho fuerte con grano y vino: ¿qué debo hacer por ti, 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 dijo a su padre: ¿Es esa la única bendición que tienes, mi padre? dame una bendición, ¡incluso a mí! Y Esaú fue vencido por el llanto.
Esau said to his father, “My father, do you have only one blessing? My father, bless me, too!” Then Esau cried very loudly.
39 Entonces respondió Isaac su padre, y le dijo: Lejos de los fértiles lugares de la tierra, y lejos del rocío del cielo, tu lugar de vida será en lo alto:
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 Con tu espada te ganarás la vida y serás el siervo de tu hermano; pero cuando tu poder se incremente, su yugo se romperá de tu cuello.
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 Así que Esaú estaba lleno de odio por Jacob a causa de la bendición de su padre; y él dijo en su corazón: Los días de llanto para mi padre están cerca; 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 Entonces Rebeca, oyendo lo que Esaú había dicho, envió a llamar a Jacob, su hijo menor, y le dijo: Parece que tu hermano Esaú se propone 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 Así que ahora, hijo mío, haz lo que yo digo: ve pronto a Harán, a 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 Y habita allí con él un ratito, hasta que se vuelva la ira de tu hermano;
Stay with him a while, until your older brother is no longer angry.
45 Hasta que el recuerdo de lo que le has hecho haya pasado y él ya no esté enojado: entonces enviaré un mensaje para que regreses; ¿Me van a arrebatar a ustedes dos en un 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 Entonces Rebeca dijo a Isaac: Mi vida es fatiga para mí a causa de las hijas de Het; si Jacob toma una esposa de entre las hijas de Heth, como estas, las mujeres de esta tierra, para que quiero vivir?
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!”
