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1Eventually, Isaac grew so old that he could not see. One day, he called his eldest son Esau. "My son," he called out to him.

1And 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"Look how old I am! I could die any day now,

2And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

3so go find your weapons, take your bow and arrows, go outside, and hunt some game for me.

3Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

4Then prepare some food, just the way I like it, and bring it to me so that I can eat and bless you before I die."

4And 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.

5Now Rebekah overheard Isaac while he was speaking to his son Esau. When Esau had gone out to the field to hunt and bring in some game,

5And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

6Rebekah gave these instructions to her son Jacob: "Quick! Pay attention!" she said. "I heard your father talking to your brother Esau. He told him,

6And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

7Bring me some game and then prepare some food for me so I can eat and bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.'

7Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.

8So now, my son, listen to what I have to say and pay attention to what I'm about to tell you.

8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

9Go to the flock and bring me two healthy young goats. I'll prepare some delicious food for your father, just the way he loves it.

9Go 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:

10Then you are to take it to your father so that he can eat and bless you before he dies."

10And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

11"But look!" Jacob pointed out to his mother Rebekah, "My brother Esau is a hairy man, but I'm smooth skinned.

11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

12My father might touch me and he'll realize that I'm deceiving him. Then, I'll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing."

12My 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"My son," she replied, "let any curse against you fall on me. Just listen to me, then go and get them for me."

13And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

14So out he went, got them, and brought them to his mother, who then prepared some delicious food, just the way his father liked it.

14And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

15Then Rebekah took some garments that belonged to her elder son Esau—the best ones available—and put them on her younger son Jacob.

15And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

16She put some goat skins over his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

16And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

17Then she handed the delicious food and bread that she had prepared to her son Jacob,

17And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

18who went to his father and said, "My father…" "It's me!" he replied. "Which one are you, my son?"

18And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

19"I'm Esau, your firstborn!" Jacob told his father. "I've done what you asked, so please sit up and eat what I caught, so you can bless me."

19And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; 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"How did you get it so quickly, my son?" Isaac asked. Jacob responded, "…because the LORD your God made me successful."

20And 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.

21So Isaac told Jacob, "Come here, my son, so I can feel you and know for sure whether or not you're my son Esau."

21And 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.

22So Jacob approached his father, who felt him and said, "It's Jacob's voice, but Esau's hands."

22And 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.

23He didn't recognize Jacob, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau, so Isaac blessed him.

23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

24He asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" "I am," Jacob replied.

24And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

25"Come closer to me," Isaac replied, "so I can eat some of the game, my son, and then bless you." So Jacob came closer, and Isaac ate. Jacob also brought wine so his father could drink.

25And 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.

26After this, Jacob's father Isaac told him, "Come closer and kiss me, my son."

26And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

27So Jacob drew closer to kiss him. When Isaac smelled the scent of his son's clothes, he blessed him and said, "How my son's scent is the fragrance of the field that the LORD has blessed.

27And 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:

28May the LORD grant you dew from the skies, and from the fertile land; may he grant you abundant grain and fresh wine.

28Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

29May people serve and bow before you; may you be master over your brothers; may your mother's sons bow before you; may anyone who curses you be cursed; and may anyone who blesses you be blessed."

29Let 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.

30Just after Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and Jacob had left his father Isaac, Jacob's brother Esau returned from hunting,

30And 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.

31prepared some delicious food, brought it to his father, and told him, "Can you get up now, father, so you may eat some of your son's game and then bless me?"

31And 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.

32But his father Isaac asked him, "Who are you?" "I'm Esau, your firstborn son," he answered

32And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

33At this, Isaac began to tremble violently. "Who then," he asked, "hunted some game and brought it to me to eat before you arrived, so that I've blessed him? Indeed, he is blessed."

33And 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.

34When Esau realized what his father Isaac was saying, he began to wail out loud bitterly. "Bless me," he cried, "even me, too, my father!"

34And 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.

35Isaac replied, "Your brother came here deceitfully and stole your blessing."

35And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

36Then he said, "Isn't his name rightly called Jacob?" Esau asked. "He has circumvented me this second time. First, he took away my birthright, and now, look how he also stole my blessing." Then he added, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"

36And 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?

37In response, Isaac told Esau, "Look! I've predicted that he's going to become your master, and I've assigned all his brothers to be his servants. What then can I do for you, my son?"

37And 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?

38Then Esau implored his father, "Don't you have even one blessing for me, my father? Bless me, even me too, my father!" Then Esau lifted his voice and wept bitterly.

38And 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.

39At this, his father Isaac replied to him, "Look! Away from the fertile land will be your dwellings; away from the dew of the skies above.

39And 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;

40By your sword you'll live; but you'll serve your brother. But when you've become restless, you'll break off his yoke from your neck."

40And 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.

41So Esau harbored animosity toward Jacob because of the way his father had blessed him. Esau kept saying to himself, "The time to mourn for my father is very near. That's when I'm going to kill my brother Jacob."

41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

42Eventually, what Rebekah's older son Esau had been saying was reported to her, so she sent for her younger son Jacob and warned him, "Look! Your brother is planning to get even by killing you.

42And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

43Son, you'd better do what I say! Get up, run off to my brother Laban in Haran,

43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

44and stay there with him a few days until your brother's fury subsides.

44And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;

45After that happens and he has forgotten what you've done to him, I'll send for you so you can return from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"

45Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

46Rebekah also told herself, "Heth's daughters are making me tired of living. If Jacob marries one of Heth's daughters, and she turns out to be just like these other local women, what kind of life would there be left for me?"

46And Rebekah 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 which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

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