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Genesis 27 (WEBP)
[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?”
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Genesis 27 (KJVS)
[1] And it came to pass H1961 (8799), that when Isaac H3327 was old H2204 (8804), and his eyes H5869 were dim H3543 (8799), so that he could not see H7200 (8800), he called H7121 (8799) Esau H6215 his eldest H1419 son H1121, and said H559 (8799) unto him, My son H1121: and he said H559 (8799) unto him, Behold, [here am] I.
[2] And he said H559 (8799), Behold now, I am old H2204 (8804), I know H3045 (8804) not the day H3117 of my death H4194:
[3] Now therefore take H5375 (8798), I pray thee, thy weapons H3627, thy quiver H8522 and thy bow H7198, and go out H3318 (8798) to the field H7704, and take H6679 (8798) me [some] venison H6718 (8675) H6720;
[4] And make H6213 (8798) me savoury meat H4303, such as H834 I love H157 (8804), and bring H935 (8685) [it] to me, that I may eat H398 (8799); that my soul H5315 may bless H1288 (8762) thee before H2962 I die H4191 (8799).
[5] And Rebekah H7259 heard H8085 (8802) when Isaac H3327 spake H1696 (8763) to Esau H6215 his son H1121. And Esau H6215 went H3212 (8799) to the field H7704 to hunt H6679 (8800) [for] venison H6718, [and] to bring H935 (8687) [it].
[6] And Rebekah H7259 spake H559 (8804) unto Jacob H3290 her son H1121, saying H559 (8800), Behold, I heard H8085 (8804) thy father H1 speak H1696 (8764) unto Esau H6215 thy brother H251, saying H559 (8800),
[7] Bring H935 (8685) me venison H6718, and make H6213 (8798) me savoury meat H4303, that I may eat H398 (8799), and bless H1288 (8762) thee before H6440 the LORD H3068 before H6440 my death H4194.
[8] Now therefore, my son H1121, obey H8085 (8798) my voice H6963 according to that which H834 I command H6680 (8764) thee.
[9] Go H3212 (8798) now to the flock H6629, and fetch H3947 (8798) me from thence two H8147 good H2896 kids H1423 of the goats H5795; and I will make H6213 (8799) them savoury meat H4303 for thy father H1, such as he loveth H157 (8804):
[10] And thou shalt bring H935 (8689) [it] to thy father H1, that he may eat H398 (8804), and that H834 he may bless H1288 (8762) thee before H6440 his death H4194.
[11] And Jacob H3290 said H559 (8799) 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 (8799) me, and I shall seem H5869 to him as a deceiver H8591 (8772); and I shall bring H935 (8689) a curse H7045 upon me, and not a blessing H1293.
[13] And his mother H517 said H559 (8799) unto him, Upon me [be] thy curse H7045, my son H1121: only obey H8085 (8798) my voice H6963, and go H3212 (8798) fetch H3947 (8798) me [them].
[14] And he went H3212 (8799), and fetched H3947 (8799), and brought H935 (8686) [them] to his mother H517: and his mother H517 made H6213 (8799) savoury meat H4303, such as his father H1 loved H157 (8804).
[15] And Rebekah H7259 took H3947 (8799) 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 (8686) Jacob H3290 her younger H6996 son H1121:
[16] And she put H3847 (8689) 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 (8799) the savoury meat H4303 and the bread H3899, which she had prepared H6213 (8804), into the hand H3027 of her son H1121 Jacob H3290.
[18] And he came H935 (8799) unto his father H1, and said H559 (8799), My father H1: and he said H559 (8799), Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my son H1121?
[19] And Jacob H3290 said H559 (8799) unto his father H1, I [am] Esau H6215 thy firstborn H1060; I have done H6213 (8804) according as thou badest H1696 (8765) me: arise H6965 (8798), I pray thee, sit H3427 (8798) and eat H398 (8798) of my venison H6718, that thy soul H5315 may bless H1288 (8762) me.
[20] And Isaac H3327 said H559 (8799) unto his son H1121, How [is it] that thou hast found H4672 (8800) [it] so quickly H4116 (8765), my son H1121? And he said H559 (8799), Because the LORD H3068 thy God H430 brought H7136 (8689) [it] to me H6440.
[21] And Isaac H3327 said H559 (8799) unto Jacob H3290, Come near H5066 (8798), I pray thee, that I may feel H4184 (8799) thee, my son H1121, whether thou [be] my very H2088 son H1121 Esau H6215 or not.
[22] And Jacob H3290 went near H5066 (8799) unto Isaac H3327 his father H1; and he felt H4959 (8799) him, and said H559 (8799), 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 (8689) him not, because his hands H3027 were hairy H8163, as his brother H251 Esau’s H6215 hands H3027: so he blessed H1288 (8762) him.
[24] And he said H559 (8799), [Art] thou my very son H1121 Esau H6215? And he said H559 (8799), I [am].
[25] And he said H559 (8799), Bring [it] near H5066 (8685) to me, and I will eat H398 (8799) of my son’s H1121 venison H6718, that my soul H5315 may bless H1288 (8762) thee. And he brought [it] near H5066 (8686) to him, and he did eat H398 (8799): and he brought H935 (8686) him wine H3196, and he drank H8354 (8799).
[26] And his father H1 Isaac H3327 said H559 (8799) unto him, Come near H5066 (8798) now, and kiss H5401 (8798) me, my son H1121.
[27] And he came near H5066 (8799), and kissed H5401 (8799) him: and he smelled H7306 (8686) the smell H7381 of his raiment H899, and blessed H1288 (8762) him, and said H559 (8799), See H7200 (8798), the smell H7381 of my son H1121 [is] as the smell H7381 of a field H7704 which the LORD H3068 hath blessed H1288 (8765):
[28] Therefore God H430 give H5414 (8799) 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 (8799) thee, and nations H3816 bow down H7812 (8691) to thee: be H1933 (8798) lord H1376 over thy brethren H251, and let thy mother’s H517 sons H1121 bow down H7812 (8691) to thee: cursed H779 (8803) [be] every one that curseth H779 (8802) thee, and blessed H1288 (8803) [be] he that blesseth H1288 (8764) thee.
[30] And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac H3327 had made an end H3615 (8765) of blessing H1288 (8763) Jacob H3290, and Jacob H3290 was yet H389 scarce H3318 (8800) gone out H3318 (8804) from the presence H6440 of Isaac H3327 his father H1, that Esau H6215 his brother H251 came in H935 (8804) from his hunting H6718.
[31] And he also had made H6213 (8799) savoury meat H4303, and brought it H935 (8686) unto his father H1, and said H559 (8799) unto his father H1, Let my father H1 arise H6965 (8799), and eat H398 (8799) of his son’s H1121 venison H6718, that thy soul H5315 may bless H1288 (8762) me.
[32] And Isaac H3327 his father H1 said H559 (8799) unto him, Who [art] thou? And he said H559 (8799), I [am] thy son H1121, thy firstborn H1060 Esau H6215.
[33] And Isaac H3327 trembled H2729 (8799) very H1419 exceedingly H3966 H2731, and said H559 (8799), Who? where H645 [is] he that hath taken H6679 (8801) venison H6718, and brought H935 (8686) [it] me, and I have eaten H398 (8799) of all before thou camest H935 (8799), and have blessed H1288 (8762) him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed H1288 (8803).
[34] And when Esau H6215 heard H8085 (8800) the words H1697 of his father H1, he cried H6817 (8799) with a great H1419 and exceeding H3966 bitter H4751 cry H6818, and said H559 (8799) unto his father H1, Bless H1288 (8761) me, [even] me also, O my father H1.
[35] And he said H559 (8799), Thy brother H251 came H935 (8804) with subtilty H4820, and hath taken away H3947 (8799) thy blessing H1293.
[36] And he said H559 (8799), Is not he rightly H3588 named H7121 (8804) H8034 Jacob H3290? for he hath supplanted me H6117 (8799) these H2088 two times H6471: he took away H3947 (8804) my birthright H1062; and, behold, now he hath taken away H3947 (8804) my blessing H1293. And he said H559 (8799), Hast thou not reserved H680 (8804) a blessing H1293 for me?
[37] And Isaac H3327 answered H6030 (8799) and said H559 (8799) unto Esau H6215, Behold, I have made H7760 (8804) him thy lord H1376, and all his brethren H251 have I given H5414 (8804) to him for servants H5650; and with corn H1715 and wine H8492 have I sustained H5564 (8804) him: and what shall I do H6213 (8799) now H645 unto thee, my son H1121?
[38] And Esau H6215 said H559 (8799) unto his father H1, Hast thou but one H259 blessing H1293, my father H1? bless H1288 (8761) me, [even] me also, O my father H1. And Esau H6215 lifted up H5375 (8799) his voice H6963, and wept H1058 (8799).
[39] And Isaac H3327 his father H1 answered H6030 (8799) and said H559 (8799) 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 (8799), and shalt serve H5647 (8799) thy brother H251; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion H7300 (8686), that thou shalt break H6561 (8804) his yoke H5923 from off thy neck H6677.
[41] And Esau H6215 hated H7852 (8799) Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 wherewith H834 his father H1 blessed him H1288 (8765): and Esau H6215 said H559 (8799) in his heart H3820, The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are at hand H7126 (8799); then will I slay H2026 (8799) my brother H251 Jacob H3290.
[42] And these words H1697 of Esau H6215 her elder H1419 son H1121 were told H5046 (8714) to Rebekah H7259: and she sent H7971 (8799) and called H7121 (8799) Jacob H3290 her younger H6996 son H1121, and said H559 (8799) unto him, Behold, thy brother H251 Esau H6215, as touching thee, doth comfort H5162 (8693) himself, [purposing] to kill H2026 (8800) thee.
[43] Now therefore, my son H1121, obey H8085 (8798) my voice H6963; and arise H6965 (8798), flee H1272 (8798) thou to Laban H3837 my brother H251 to Haran H2771;
[44] And tarry H3427 (8804) with him a few H259 days H3117, until H834 thy brother’s H251 fury H2534 turn away H7725 (8799);
[45] Until thy brother’s H251 anger H639 turn away H7725 (8800) from thee, and he forget H7911 (8804) [that] which thou hast done H6213 (8804) to him: then I will send H7971 (8804), and fetch H3947 (8804) thee from thence: why H4100 should I be deprived H7921 (8799) also of you both H8147 in one H259 day H3117?
[46] And Rebekah H7259 said H559 (8799) to Isaac H3327, I am weary H6973 (8804) of my life H2416 because H6440 of the daughters H1323 of Heth H2845: if Jacob H3290 take H3947 (8802) 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?
Young’s Literal Translation
Genesis 27 (YLT)
[1] And it cometh to pass that Isaac is aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, ‘My son;’ and he saith unto him, ‘Here am I.’
[2] And he saith, ‘Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;
[3] and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision,
[4] and make for me tasteful things, such as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.’
[5] And Rebekah is hearkening while Isaac is speaking unto Esau his son; and Esau goeth to the field to hunt provision-to bring in;
[6] and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying, ‘Lo, I have heard thy father speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying,
[7] Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
[8] ‘And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:
[9] Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things for thy father, such as he hath loved;
[10] and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death.
[11] And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, ‘Lo, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man,
[12] it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon me disesteem, and not a blessing;’
[13] and his mother saith to him, ‘On me thy disesteem, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take for me.’
[14] And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, such as his father hath loved;
[15] and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which are with her in the house, and doth put on Jacob her younger son;
[16] and the skins of the kids of the goats she hath put on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck,
[17] and she giveth the tasteful things, and the bread which she hath made, into the hand of Jacob her son.
[18] And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, ‘My father;’ and he saith, ‘Here am I; who art thou, my son?’
[19] And Jacob saith unto his father, ‘I am Esau thy first-born; I have done as thou hast spoken unto me; rise, I pray thee, sit, and eat of my provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.’
[20] And Isaac saith unto his son, ‘What is this thou hast hasted to find, my son?’ and he saith, ‘That which Jehovah thy God hath caused to come before me.’
[21] And Isaac saith unto Jacob, ‘Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou art he, my son Esau, or not.’
[22] And Jacob cometh nigh unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and saith, ‘The voice is the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.’
[23] And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him,
[24] and saith, ‘Thou art he-my son Esau?’ and he saith, ‘I am.’
[25] And he saith, ‘Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son’s provision, so that my soul doth bless thee;’ and he bringeth nigh to him, and he eateth; and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh.
[26] And Isaac his father saith to him, ‘Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;’
[27] and he cometh nigh, and kisseth him, and he smelleth the fragrance of his garments, and blesseth him, and saith, ‘See, the fragrance of my son is as the fragrance of a field which Jehovah hath blessed;
[28] and God doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine;
[29] peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee are cursed, and those who bless thee are blessed.’
[30] And it cometh to pass, as Isaac hath finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother hath come in from his hunting;
[31] and he also maketh tasteful things, and bringeth to his father, and saith to his father, ‘Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.’
[32] And Isaac his father saith to him, ‘Who art thou?’ and he saith, ‘I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau;’
[33] and Isaac trembleth a very great trembling, and saith, ‘Who, now, is he who hath provided provision, and bringeth in to me, and I eat of all before thou comest in, and I bless him?-yea, blessed is he.’
[34] When Esau heareth the words of his father, then he crieth a very great and bitter cry, and saith to his father, ‘Bless me, me also, O my father;’
[35] and he saith, ‘Thy brother hath come with subtilty, and taketh thy blessing.’
[36] And he saith, ‘Is it because one called his name Jacob that he doth take me by the heel these two times? my birthright he hath taken; and lo, now, he hath taken my blessing;’ he saith also, ‘Hast thou not kept back a blessing for me?’
[37] And Isaac answereth and saith to Esau, ‘Lo, a mighty one have I set him over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and wine have I sustained him; and for thee now, what shall I do, my son?’
[38] And Esau saith unto his father, ‘One blessing hast thou my father? bless me, me also, O my father;’ and Esau lifteth up his voice, and weepeth.
[39] And Isaac his father answereth and saith unto him, ‘Lo, of the fatness of the earth is thy dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above;
[40] and by thy sword dost thou live, and thy brother dost thou serve; and it hath come to pass when thou rulest, that thou hast broken his yoke from off thy neck.’
[41] And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, ‘The days of mourning for my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.’
[42] And the words of Esau her elder son are declared to Rebekah, and she sendeth and calleth for Jacob her younger son, and saith unto him, ‘Lo, Esau thy brother is comforting himself in regard to thee-to slay thee;
[43] and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran,
[44] and thou hast dwelt with him some days, till thy brother’s fury turn back,
[45] till thy brother’s anger turn back from thee, and he hath forgotten that which thou hast done to him, and I have sent and taken thee from thence; why am I bereaved even of you both the same day?’
[46] And Rebekah saith unto Isaac, ‘I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these-from the daughters of the land-why do I live?’