Genesis 27:1-13 ▼

1 And it came to passe that Isaac wexed olde and his eyes were dymme so that he coude nat see. Tha called he Esau his eldest sonne and sayde vnto him: mi sonne. And he sayde vnto hym: heare am I.

2 And he sayde: beholde I am olde ad knowe not the daye of mi deth:

3 Now therfore take thi weapes thy quiver and thi bowe and gett the to the feldes and take me some venyson

4 and make me meate such as I loue and brynge it me and let me eat that my soull may blesse the before that I dye:

5 But Rebecca hard whe Isaac spake to Esau his sonne. And as soone as Esau was gone to the felde to catche venyson and to brige it

6 she spake vnto Iacob hir sonne sainge? Behold I haue herde thi father talkinge with Esau thy brother and saynge:

7 bringe me venyson and make me meate that I maye eate and blesse the before the LORde yer I dye.

8 Now therfore my sonne heare my voyce in that which I comaunde the:

9 gett the to the flocke and bringe me thece .ij. good kiddes and I will make meate of the for thi father soch as he loueth.

10 And thou shalt brige it to thi father and he shal eate yt he maye blysse the before his deth

11 Than sayde Iacob to Rebecca his mother. Beholde Esau mi brother is rugh and I am smooth.

12 Mi father shal peradueture fele me ad I shal seme vnto hi as though I wet aboute to begyle hi and so shall he brige a curse vpo me and not a blessige:

13 and his mother saide vnto him. Vppo me be thi curse my sonne only heare my voyce and goo and fetch me them.