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[1] When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?”He said to him, “Here I am.” [2] He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my death. [3] Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me venison. [4] Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.” [5] Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. [6] Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, [7] ‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’ [8] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you. [9] Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves. [10] You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.” [11] Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. [12] What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.” [13] His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.” [14] He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved. [15] Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son. [16] She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck. [17] She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. [18] He came to his father, and said, “My father?”He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?” [19] Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.” [20] Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?”He said, “Because Yahweh your God gave me success.” [21] Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.” [22] Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” [23] He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him. [24] He said, “Are you really my son Esau?”He said, “I am.” [25] He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.”He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank. [26] His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.” [27] He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said,
“Behold, the smell of my son
is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.
[28] God give you of the dew of the sky,
of the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of grain and new wine.
[29] Let peoples serve you,
and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers.
Let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you.
Blessed be everyone who blesses you.” [30] As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. [31] He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.” [32] Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?”He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” [33] Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.” [34] When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.” [35] He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.” [36] He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?” [37] Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?” [38] Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. [39] Isaac his father answered him,
“Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth,
and of the dew of the sky from above.
[40] You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother.
It will happen, when you will break loose,
that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.” [41] Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.” [42] The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you. [43] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran. [44] Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away— [45] until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?” [46] Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”
“Behold, the smell of my son
is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.
[28] God give you of the dew of the sky,
of the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of grain and new wine.
[29] Let peoples serve you,
and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers.
Let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you.
Blessed be everyone who blesses you.” [30] As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. [31] He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.” [32] Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?”He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” [33] Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.” [34] When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.” [35] He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.” [36] He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?” [37] Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?” [38] Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. [39] Isaac his father answered him,
“Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth,
and of the dew of the sky from above.
[40] You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother.
It will happen, when you will break loose,
that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.” [41] Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.” [42] The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you. [43] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran. [44] Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away— [45] until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?” [46] Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”
King James Version
Jacob
[1] And it came to pass, H1961 (QalImpf) that when Isaac H3327 was old, H2204 (QalPerf) and his eyes H5869 were dim, H3543 (QalImpf) so that he could not see, H7200 (QalInf) he called H7121 (QalImpf) Esau H6215 his eldest H1419 son, H1121 and said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, My son: H1121 and he said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, Behold, here am I. [2] And he said, H559 (QalImpf) Behold now, I am old, H2204 (QalPerf) I know H3045 (QalPerf) not the day H3117 of my death: H4194 [3] now therefore take, H5375 (QalImpv)§ I pray thee, thy weapons, H3627 thy quiver H8522 and thy bow, H7198 and go out H3318 (QalImpv) to the field, H7704 and take H6679 (QalImpv) me some venison; H6718 (Qere) [4] and make H6213 (QalImpv) me savoury meat, H4303 such as H834 I love, H157 (QalPerf) and bring H935 (HiphImpv) it to me, that I may eat; H398 (QalImpf) that my soul H5315 may bless H1288 (PielImpf) thee before H2962 I die. H4191 (QalImpf) [5] And Rebekah H7259 heard H8085 (QalActPtc) when Isaac H3327 spake H1696 (PielInf) to Esau H6215 his son. H1121 And Esau H6215 went H3212 (QalImpf) to the field H7704 to hunt H6679 (QalInf) for venison, H6718 and to bring H935 (HiphInf) it. [6] And Rebekah H7259 spake H559 (QalPerf) unto Jacob H3290 her son, H1121 saying, H559 (QalInf) Behold, I heard H8085 (QalPerf) thy father H1 speak H1696 (PielPtc) unto Esau H6215 thy brother, H251 saying, H559 (QalInf) [7] Bring H935 (HiphImpv) me venison, H6718 and make H6213 (QalImpv) me savoury meat, H4303 that I may eat, H398 (QalImpf) and bless H1288 (PielImpf) thee before H6440 the Lord H3068 before H6440 my death. H4194 [8] Now therefore, my son, H1121 obey H8085 (QalImpv) my voice H6963 according to that which H834 I command H6680 (PielPtc) thee. [9] Go H3212 (QalImpv) now to the flock, H6629 and fetch H3947 (QalImpv) me from thence two H8147 good H2896 kids H1423 of the goats; H5795 and I will make H6213 (QalImpf) them savoury meat H4303 for thy father, H1 such as he loveth: H157 (QalPerf) [10] and thou shalt bring H935 (HiphPerf) it to thy father, H1 that he may eat, H398 (QalPerf) and that H834 he may bless H1288 (PielImpf) thee before H6440 his death. H4194 [11] And Jacob H3290 said H559 (QalImpf) to Rebekah H7259 his mother, H517 Behold, Esau H6215 my brother H251 is a hairy H8163 man, H376 and I am a smooth H2509 man: H376 [12] my father H1 peradventure will feel H4959 (QalImpf) me, and I shall seem H5869 to him as a deceiver; H8591 (PilpPtc) and I shall bring H935 (HiphPerf) a curse H7045 upon me, and not a blessing. H1293 [13] And his mother H517 said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, Upon me be thy curse, H7045 my son: H1121 only obey H8085 (QalImpv) my voice, H6963 and go H3212 (QalImpv) fetch H3947 (QalImpv) me them. [14] And he went, H3212 (QalImpf) and fetched, H3947 (QalImpf) and brought H935 (HiphImpf) them to his mother: H517 and his mother H517 made H6213 (QalImpf) savoury meat, H4303 such as his father H1 loved. H157 (QalPerf) [15] And Rebekah H7259 took H3947 (QalImpf) goodly H2532§ raiment H899 of her eldest H1419 son H1121 Esau, H6215 which were with her in the house, H1004 and put them upon H3847 (HiphImpf) Jacob H3290 her younger H6996 son: H1121 [16] and she put H3847 (HiphPerf) the skins H5785 of the kids H1423 of the goats H5795 upon his hands, H3027 and upon the smooth H2513 of his neck: H6677 [17] and she gave H5414 (QalImpf) the savoury meat H4303 and the bread, H3899 which she had prepared, H6213 (QalPerf) into the hand H3027 of her son H1121 Jacob. H3290 [18] And he came H935 (QalImpf) unto his father, H1 and said, H559 (QalImpf) My father: H1 and he said, H559 (QalImpf) Here am I; who art thou, my son? H1121 [19] And Jacob H3290 said H559 (QalImpf) unto his father, H1 I am Esau H6215 thy firstborn; H1060 I have done H6213 (QalPerf) according as thou badest H1696 (PielPerf) me: arise, H6965 (QalImpv) I pray thee, sit H3427 (QalImpv) and eat H398 (QalImpv) of my venison, H6718 that thy soul H5315 may bless H1288 (PielImpf) me. [20] And Isaac H3327 said H559 (QalImpf) unto his son, H1121 How is it that thou hast found H4672 (QalInf) it so quickly, H4116 (PielPerf) my son? H1121 And he said, H559 (QalImpf) Because the Lord H3068 thy God H430 brought H7136 (HiphPerf) it to me.§ H6440 [21] And Isaac H3327 said H559 (QalImpf) unto Jacob, H3290 Come near, H5066 (QalImpv) I pray thee, that I may feel H4184 (QalImpf) thee, my son, H1121 whether thou be my very H2088 son H1121 Esau H6215 or not. [22] And Jacob H3290 went near H5066 (QalImpf) unto Isaac H3327 his father; H1 and he felt H4959 (QalImpf) him, and said, H559 (QalImpf) The voice H6963 is Jacob’s H3290 voice, H6963 but the hands H3027 are the hands H3027 of Esau. H6215 [23] And he discerned H5234 (HiphPerf) him not, because his hands H3027 were hairy, H8163 as his brother H251 Esau’s H6215 hands: H3027 so he blessed H1288 (PielImpf) him. [24] And he said, H559 (QalImpf) Art thou my very son H1121 Esau? H6215 And he said, H559 (QalImpf) I am. [25] And he said, H559 (QalImpf) Bring it near H5066 (HiphImpv) to me, and I will eat H398 (QalImpf) of my son’s H1121 venison, H6718 that my soul H5315 may bless H1288 (PielImpf) thee. And he brought it near H5066 (HiphImpf) to him, and he did eat: H398 (QalImpf) and he brought H935 (HiphImpf) him wine, H3196 and he drank. H8354 (QalImpf) [26] And his father H1 Isaac H3327 said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, Come near H5066 (QalImpv) now, and kiss H5401 (QalImpv) me, my son. H1121 [27] And he came near, H5066 (QalImpf) and kissed H5401 (QalImpf) him: and he smelled H7306 (HiphImpf) the smell H7381 of his raiment, H899 and blessed H1288 (PielImpf) him, and said, H559 (QalImpf)See, H7200 (QalImpv) the smell H7381 of my son H1121
Is as the smell H7381 of a field H7704 which the Lord H3068 hath blessed: H1288 (PielPerf)
[28] Therefore God H430 give H5414 (QalImpf) thee of the dew H2919 of heaven, H8064
And the fatness H4924 of the earth, H776
And plenty H7230 of corn H1715 and wine: H8492
[29] Let people H5971 serve H5647 (QalImpf) thee,
And nations H3816 bow down H7812 (HithImpf) to thee:
Be H1933 (QalImpv) lord H1376 over thy brethren, H251
And let thy mother’s H517 sons H1121 bow down H7812 (HithImpf) to thee:
Cursed H779 (QalPasPtc) be every one that curseth H779 (QalActPtc) thee,
And blessed H1288 (QalPasPtc) be he that blesseth H1288 (PielPtc) thee.
[30] And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac H3327 had made an end H3615 (PielPerf) of blessing H1288 (PielInf) Jacob, H3290 and Jacob H3290 was yet H389 scarce H3318 (QalInf) gone out H3318 (QalPerf) from the presence H6440 of Isaac H3327 his father, H1 that Esau H6215 his brother H251 came in H935 (QalPerf) from his hunting. H6718 [31] And he also had made H6213 (QalImpf) savoury meat, H4303 and brought it H935 (HiphImpf) unto his father, H1 and said H559 (QalImpf) unto his father, H1 Let my father H1 arise, H6965 (QalImpf) and eat H398 (QalImpf) of his son’s H1121 venison, H6718 that thy soul H5315 may bless H1288 (PielImpf) me. [32] And Isaac H3327 his father H1 said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, Who art thou? And he said, H559 (QalImpf) I am thy son, H1121 thy firstborn H1060 Esau. H6215 [33] And Isaac H3327 trembled H2729 (QalImpf) very H1419 exceedingly, H3966§ and said, H559 (QalImpf) Who? where H645 is he that hath taken§ H6679 (QalPtc) venison, H6718 and brought H935 (HiphImpf) it me, and I have eaten H398 (QalImpf) of all before thou camest, H935 (QalImpf) and have blessed H1288 (PielImpf) him? yea, and he shall be blessed. H1288 (QalPasPtc) [34] And when Esau H6215 heard H8085 (QalInf) the words H1697 of his father, H1 he cried H6817 (QalImpf) with a great H1419 and exceeding H3966 bitter H4751 cry, H6818 and said H559 (QalImpf) unto his father, H1 Bless H1288 (PielImpv) me, even me also, O my father. H1 [35] And he said, H559 (QalImpf) Thy brother H251 came H935 (QalPerf) with subtilty, H4820 and hath taken away H3947 (QalImpf) thy blessing. H1293 [36] And he said, H559 (QalImpf) Is not he rightly H3588 named H7121 (QalPerf) Jacob? H3290ⓘ for he hath supplanted me H6117 (QalImpf) these H2088 two times: H6471 he took away H3947 (QalPerf) my birthright; H1062 and, behold, now he hath taken away H3947 (QalPerf) my blessing. H1293 And he said, H559 (QalImpf) Hast thou not reserved H680 (QalPerf) a blessing H1293 for me? [37] And Isaac H3327 answered H6030 (QalImpf) and said H559 (QalImpf) unto Esau, H6215 Behold, I have made H7760 (QalPerf) him thy lord, H1376 and all his brethren H251 have I given H5414 (QalPerf) to him for servants; H5650 and with corn H1715 and wine H8492 have I sustained H5564 (QalPerf)§ him: and what shall I do H6213 (QalImpf) now H645 unto thee, my son? H1121 [38] And Esau H6215 said H559 (QalImpf) unto his father, H1 Hast thou but one H259 blessing, H1293 my father? H1 bless H1288 (PielImpv) me, even me also, O my father. H1 And Esau H6215 lifted up H5375 (QalImpf) his voice, H6963 and wept. H1058 (QalImpf) [39] And Isaac H3327 his father H1 answered H6030 (QalImpf) and said H559 (QalImpf) unto him,
Behold, thy dwelling H4186 shall be the fatness H4924§ of the earth, H776
And of the dew H2919 of heaven H8064 from above; H5920
[40] And by thy sword H2719 shalt thou live, H2421 (QalImpf) and shalt serve H5647 (QalImpf) thy brother; H251
And it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, H7300 (HiphImpf)
That thou shalt break H6561 (QalPerf) his yoke H5923 from off thy neck. H6677
[41] And Esau H6215 hated H7852 (QalImpf) Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 wherewith H834 his father H1 blessed him: H1288 (PielPerf) and Esau H6215 said H559 (QalImpf) in his heart, H3820 The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are at hand; H7126 (QalImpf) then will I slay H2026 (QalImpf) my brother H251 Jacob. H3290 [42] And these words H1697 of Esau H6215 her elder H1419 son H1121 were told H5046 (HophImpf) to Rebekah: H7259 and she sent H7971 (QalImpf) and called H7121 (QalImpf) Jacob H3290 her younger H6996 son, H1121 and said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, Behold, thy brother H251 Esau, H6215 as touching thee, doth comfort H5162 (HithPtc) himself, purposing to kill H2026 (QalInf) thee. [43] Now therefore, my son, H1121 obey H8085 (QalImpv) my voice; H6963 and arise, H6965 (QalImpv) flee H1272 (QalImpv) thou to Laban H3837 my brother H251 to Haran; H2771 [44] and tarry H3427 (QalPerf) with him a few H259 days, H3117 until H834 thy brother’s H251 fury H2534 turn away; H7725 (QalImpf) [45] until thy brother’s H251 anger H639 turn away H7725 (QalInf) from thee, and he forget H7911 (QalPerf) that which thou hast done H6213 (QalPerf) to him: then I will send, H7971 (QalPerf) and fetch H3947 (QalPerf) thee from thence: why H4100 should I be deprived H7921 (QalImpf) also of you both H8147 in one H259 day? H3117 [46] And Rebekah H7259 said H559 (QalImpf) to Isaac, H3327 I am weary H6973 (QalPerf) of my life H2416 because H6440 of the daughters H1323 of Heth: H2845 if Jacob H3290 take H3947 (QalActPtc) a wife H802 of the daughters H1323 of Heth, H2845 such as these which are of the daughters H1323 of the land, H776 what good H4100 shall my life H2416 do me?
Footnotes
- § 27:3 Heb. hunt
- § 27:15 Heb. desirable
- § 27:20 Heb. before me
- § 27:33a Heb. trembled with a great trembling greatly
- § 27:33b Heb. hunted
- ⓘ 27:36 That is, A supplanter
- § 27:37 Or, supported
- § 27:39 Or, of the fatness
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