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Isaac Blesses Jacob
Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.”
And he answered him, “Here I am.”
Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.”
And he answered him, “Here I am.”
Jacob Steals Esau’s Blessing
One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.”
“Yes, Father?” Esau replied.
One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.”
“Yes, Father?” Esau replied.
Then he said, “Behold now, I am old. I do not know the day of my death.
“I am an old man now,” Isaac said, “and I don’t know when I may die.
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.
Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die.”
Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.
But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild game,
So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
she said to her son Jacob, “Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau,
‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the LORD’s presence before I die.’
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.
Now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you.
Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves.
Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish.
Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he may bless you before his death.”
Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.
“But look,” Jacob replied to Rebekah, “my brother, Esau, is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth.
Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”
What if my father touches me? He’ll see that I’m trying to trick him, and then he’ll curse me instead of blessing me.”
But his mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”
But his mother replied, “Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and get the goats for me!”
So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it.
Then Rebekah took the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.
Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob.
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats.
Then she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread.
So he went to his father and said, “My father.”
And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
So Jacob took the food to his father. “My father?” he said.
“Yes, my son,” Isaac answered. “Who are you — Esau or Jacob?”
“Yes, my son,” Isaac answered. “Who are you — Esau or Jacob?”
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”
Jacob replied, “It’s Esau, your firstborn son. I’ve done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now sit up and eat it so you can give me your blessing.”
But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?”
And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.”
And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.”
Isaac asked, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”
“The LORD your God put it in my path!” Jacob replied.
“The LORD your God put it in my path!” Jacob replied.
Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau.”
So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s,” Isaac said.
And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob’s hands felt hairy just like Esau’s. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.
Then he said, “Are you really my son Esau?”
He said, “I am.”
He said, “I am.”
“But are you really my son Esau?” he asked.
“Yes, I am,” Jacob replied.
“Yes, I am,” Jacob replied.
He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, so that my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
Then Isaac said, “Now, my son, bring me the wild game. Let me eat it, and then I will give you my blessing.” So Jacob took the food to his father, and Isaac ate it. He also drank the wine that Jacob served him.
Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.”
Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come a little closer and kiss me, my son.”
And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said:
“Surely, the smell of my son
Is like the smell of a field
Which the Lord has blessed.
“Surely, the smell of my son
Is like the smell of a field
Which the Lord has blessed.
So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally convinced, and he blessed his son. He said, “Ah! The smell of my son is like the smell of the outdoors, which the LORD has blessed!
Therefore may God give you
Of the dew of heaven,
Of the fatness of the earth,
And plenty of grain and wine.
Of the dew of heaven,
Of the fatness of the earth,
And plenty of grain and wine.
“From the dew of heaven
and the richness of the earth,
may God always give you abundant harvests of grain
and bountiful new wine.
and the richness of the earth,
may God always give you abundant harvests of grain
and bountiful new wine.
Let peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you.
Be master over your brethren,
And let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
And blessed be those who bless you!”
And nations bow down to you.
Be master over your brethren,
And let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
And blessed be those who bless you!”
May many nations become your servants,
and may they bow down to you.
May you be the master over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
All who curse you will be cursed,
and all who bless you will be blessed.”
and may they bow down to you.
May you be the master over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
All who curse you will be cursed,
and all who bless you will be blessed.”
Esau’s Lost Hope
Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and almost before Jacob had left his father, Esau returned from his hunt.
Esau prepared a delicious meal and brought it to his father. Then he said, “Sit up, my father, and eat my wild game so you can give me your blessing.”
And his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?”
So he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
So he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
But Isaac asked him, “Who are you?”
Esau replied, “It’s your son, your firstborn son, Esau.”
Esau replied, “It’s your son, your firstborn son, Esau.”
Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him — and indeed he shall be blessed.”
Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably and said, “Then who just served me wild game? I have already eaten it, and I blessed him just before you came. And yes, that blessing must stand!”
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me — me also, O my father!”
When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged.
But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”
But Isaac said, “Your brother was here, and he tricked me. He has taken away your blessing.”
Isaac said to Esau, “I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine — what is left for me to give you, my son?”
And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me — me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.
Finally, his father, Isaac, said to him,
“You will live away from the richness of the earth,
and away from the dew of the heaven above.
“You will live away from the richness of the earth,
and away from the dew of the heaven above.
By your sword you shall live,
And you shall serve your brother;
And it shall come to pass, when you become restless,
That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”
And you shall serve your brother;
And it shall come to pass, when you become restless,
That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”
You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you decide to break free,
you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
and you will serve your brother.
But when you decide to break free,
you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
Jacob Flees to Paddan-Aram
From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: “I will soon be mourning my father’s death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob.”
And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Surely your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you.
But Rebekah heard about Esau’s plans. So she sent for Jacob and told him, “Listen, Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran.
So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran.
And stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away,
Stay there with him until your brother cools off.
until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in one day?”
When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
And 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, like these who are the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”