And it came to pass when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, that he called Esau his son, the eldest, and said to him, My son; and he said to him, Here [am] I.
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt me venison,
and make me savoury meat such as I love, and bring [it] to me that I may eat, in order that my soul may bless thee before I die.
And Rebecca heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son; and Esau went to the field to hunt and bring venison.
And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak to Esau thy brother, saying,
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice according to that which I command thee.
Go, I pray thee, to the flock, and fetch me thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make of them savoury meat for thy father such as he loveth;
and thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I a smooth man.
My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall be in his eyes as one that mocketh, and I shall bring on me a curse and not a blessing.
And his mother said to him, On me [be] thy curse, my son: only hearken to my voice, and go, fetch me [them].
And he went and fetched and brought [them] to his mother. And his mother prepared a savoury dish such as his father loved.
And Rebekah took the clothes of her elder son Esau, and put them on Jacob her younger son, the costly ones that [were] with her in the house;
and she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck;
and she gave the savoury meat and the bread into the hand of her son Jacob.
And he came to his father and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I: who [art] thou, my son?
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 thy venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.
And Isaac said to his son, How [is] this [that] thou hast found [it] so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God brought [it] before me.
And said Isaac to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou [be] my very son Esau or not.
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him and said, The voice [is] Jacob’s voice, but the hands [are] Esau’s hands.
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy as his brother Esau’s hands; and he blessed him.
And he said, Thou then my very son Esau? And he said, I [am].
And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, in order that my soul may bless thee. And he brought [it] near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
And Isaac his father said to him, Come near now and kiss me, my son.
And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothes, and blessed him and said, See, my son’s smell, [is] as a field’s smell which Jehovah hath blessed.
And God give thee of the dew of the heavens, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and new wine.
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] every one that curseth thee, and blessed every one that blesseth thee.
And it came to pass when Isaac had ended blessing Jacob, and when Jacob was hardly gone out from before Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came from his hunting.
And he also prepared savoury meat, and brought [it] 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.
And Isaac his father said to him, Who [art] thou? And he said, I [am] thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.
And Isaac trembled with a trembling exceedingly great, and said, Who then [is] he 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.
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a cry great and exceedingly bitter, and said to his father, Bless me, me also, my father.
And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety and has taken away thy blessing.
And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: my birthright he took away; and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved for me a blessing?
And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren I have given him for servants; and corn and new wine have I supplied him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son?
And Esau said to his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, me also, my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above;
and by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt rove about, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
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.
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, comforteth himself that he will kill thee.
And now, my son, hearken to my voice; and arise, flee to Laban my brother to Haran;
and abide with him some days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;
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 of even both in one day?
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 be to me?