27:1 Later when Isaac was older
and his eyes were weak
and he could no longer see
he summoned Esau his older son
calling him my child.
Esau replied:
I am here.
27:2 Then said Isaac:
Look now I am old
and I know not
the day of my passing.
27:3 So please take your weapons
your quiver and your bow
and go out to the wilderness
and bring me some food.
27:4 Then prepare some tasty food
that I like to eat
and bring it to me
so I may give you my blessing
before I pass.
27:5 Then Rebekah heard
what Isaac said to Esau.
When his son Esau left
and went to the wilderness
to get some food to bring back
27:6 Rebekah told her son Jacob:
Surely I heard your father
telling your brother Esau
27:7 To bring some food and
prepare it for him to eat
so he may give him his blessing
in the presence of Yahweh
before he passes away.
27:8 So my child listen carefully
and do what I instruct you to do:
27:9 Go out to the field
and bring back food for two
so I can prepare a meal for your father
just how he likes it.
27:10 Then take it to your father to eat
so he may give you his blessing
before he passes.
27:11 Jacob told his mother Rebekah:
My brother Esau is a hairy man
but I have smooth skin.
27:12 What if my father touches me?
I would appear to deceive him
which would be a curse
rather than a blessing.
27:13 To him his mother replied:
Let me be cursed my son.
Just obey what I say
go fetch them for me.
27:14 So he left and fetched them
Bringing them to his mother
and she prepared some good food
just the way his father liked it.
27:15 Then Rebekah took some good clothes
of her older son Esau’s from the house
and put them on Jacob her younger son.
27:16 Then she put goat skins
over his hands and behind his neck.
27:17 She then gave her son Jacob
the tasty food and bread she made.
27:18 Then he approached his father saying:
My father.
He answered:
Yes my son. Who is it?
27:19 Jacob replied to his father:
I am Esau your firstborn.
I did what you instructed.
Please sit up and eat some food
so you can give me your blessing.
27:20 Isaac asked his son:
How did you get it so quickly my son?
He replied:
Your God Yahweh granted me success.
27:21 Then Isaac said to Jacob:
Please come closer my son
so I can touch you
and know whether or not
you are really my son Esau.
27:22 So Jacob approached Isaac.
His father touched him and said:
The voice is Jacob’s
but the hands are Esau’s.
27:23 He recognized him not
as his hands were hairy
like his brother Esau’s.
So he proceeded to bless him.
27:24 He asked:
Are you my son Esau?
He replied:
I am.
27:25 Then he said:
My son bring the food over to eat
so I can give you my blessing.
Jacob brought it to him and he eat.
And he brought some wine for him to drink.
27:26 Then his father Isaac said:
Come over here son and kiss me.
27:27 So he approached him
and kissed him.
When Isaac smelled his clothes
he blessed him saying:
Surely my son smells like a field
That Yahweh has blessed.
27:28 May God give you the dew of heaven
and the richness of the earth
and plenty of grain and grape juice.
27:29 May people follow you
and bow down before you.
Take care of your brothers
and may the sons of your mother
bow down to you.
Cursed be those who curse you
and blessed be those who bless you.
27:30 Once Isaac finished blessing Jacob
he remained with his father.
Then his brother Esau returned from getting food.
27:31 He also made some good food
and brought that to his father.
Then he said to him:
Father please get up and eat some food
so that you may give me your blessing.
27:32 His father Isaac asked him:
Who are you?
He replied:
I am your firstborn son Esau.
27:33 Isaac became very upset saying:
Who was it that went out
and brought me food?
I ate that just before you came
and then blessed him
and yes he shall be blessed.
27:34 When Esau heard his father's words
he cried loudly and bitterly
and said to his father:
Bless me also my father!
27:35 Then he [Isaac] said:
Your brother came in deceitfully
and has taken your blessing.
27:36 Then he [Esau] replied:
Isn't he rightly named Jacob?
Now he has cheated me twice.
He has taken my birthright
and now he's taken my blessing.
Then he asked:
You didn’t save any blessing for me?
27:37 Then Isaac answered:
I have made him your protector
and all his relatives his followers
and given him sustenance
of grain and grape juice.
What can I do for you my son?
27:38 Esau said to his father:
Have you only one blessing father?
Bless me too father!
Then Esau wept loudly.
27:39 Then his father Isaac replied:
Certainly you will live in a fertile place
with the dew of heaven above.
27:40 You will live by the sword
and will work for your brother.
But when you grow restless
from your neck will you tear off his harness.
27:41 So Esau opposed Jacob
due to his father having blessed him.
The days of mourning
for my father are coming to an end.
Then will I kill my brother Jacob.
27:42 Esau’s words were relayed to Rebekah.
She summoned her son Jacob
and said to him:
Your brother Esau will have revenge
by killing you.
27:43 Therefore my son do what I tell you:
Flee now and go to my brother
Laban in
27:44 Stay with him until
your brother is no longer angry.
27:45 When your brother’s anger subsides
and forgets what you did to him
I'll send for you
to come back from there.
Otherwise I will lose both
of you in one day.
27:46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac:
I no longer want to live
because of these followers of Heth.
If Jacob takes a wife from this land
from the Hittite women like these
what good is living?
