GE-27:1  And 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.

GE-27:2  And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day

of my

death:

GE-27:3  Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy

quiver and

thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me [some] venison;

GE-27:4  And 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.

GE-27:5  And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And

Esau

went to the field to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].

GE-27:6  And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I

heard

thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

GE-27:7  Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may

eat,

and bless thee before the LORD before my death.

GE-27:8  Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that

which

I command thee.

GE-27:9  Go 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:

GE-27:10  And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may

eat,

and that he may bless thee before his death.

GE-27:11  And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my

brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man:

GE-27:12  My 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.

GE-27:13  And his mother said unto him, Upon me [be] thy curse,

my

son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me [them].

GE-27:14  And he went, and fetched, and brought [them] to his

mother:

and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

GE-27:15  And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau,

which [were] with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her

younger son:

GE-27:16  And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his

hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

GE-27:17  And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she

had

prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

GE-27:18  And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and

he

said, Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my son?

GE-27:19  And 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.

GE-27:20  And 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.

GE-27:21  And 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.

GE-27:22  And 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.

GE-27:23  And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy,

 as

his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

GE-27:24  And he said, [Art] thou my very son Esau? And he said,

I

[am].

GE-27:25  And 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.

GE-27:26  And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and

kiss

me, my son.

GE-27:27  And 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:

GE-27:28  Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the

fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

GE-27:29  Let 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.

GE-27:30  And 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.

GE-27:31  And 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.

GE-27:32  And Isaac his father said unto him, Who [art] thou?

And he

said, I [am] thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

GE-27:33  And 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.

GE-27:34  And 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.

GE-27:35  And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath

taken

away thy blessing.

GE-27:36  And 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?

GE-27:37  And 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?

GE-27:38  And 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.

GE-27:39  And 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;

GE-27:40  And 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.

GE-27:41  And 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.

GE-27:42  And 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.

GE-27:43  Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee

thou

to Laban my brother to Haran;

GE-27:44  And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's

fury turn

away;

GE-27:45  Until 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?

GE-27:46  And 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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