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
eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him,
Behold, here am I.
2. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my
death:
3. Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and
thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
4. And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to
me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I
die.
5. And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau
went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6. And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I
heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7. Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat,
and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
8. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which
I command thee.
9. Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids
of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy
father, such as he loveth:
10. And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and
that he may bless thee before his death.
11. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my
brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
12. My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him
as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a
blessing.
13. And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son:
only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14. And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother:
and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15. And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau,
which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob
her younger son:
16. And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his
hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
17. And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had
prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18. And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he
said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
19. And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I
have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee,
sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20. And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found
it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God
brought it to me.
21. And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I
may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or
not.
22. And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him,
and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the
hands of Esau.
23. And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as
his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
24. And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25. And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's
venison, 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.
26. And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss
me, my son.
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 hath
blessed:
28. Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the
fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29. Let people serve thee, and nations 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 be
he that blesseth thee.
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.
31. And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his
father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and
eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32. And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he
said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33. And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is
he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have
eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea,
and he shall be blessed.
34. And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a
great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father,
Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35. And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken
away thy blessing.
36. And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath
supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright;
and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he
said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
37. And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made
him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for
servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and
what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
38. And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing,
my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau
lifted up his voice, and wept.
39. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy
dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew
of heaven from above;
40. And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy
brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the
dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
