Genesis 27

Jacob’s Deception

27WHEN 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! And he answered him, Here I am.H1961H3327H2204H5869H3543H7200H7121H6215H1419H1121H559H1121H5592He said, See here now; I am old, I do not know when I may die.H559H2204H3045H3117H41943So now, I pray you, take your weapons, your [arrows in a] quiver and your bow, and go out into the open country and hunt game for me,H5375H3627H8522H7198H3318H7704H6679H6718H67204And prepare me appetizing meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat of it, [preparatory] to giving you my blessing [as my firstborn] before I die.H6213H4303H834H157H935H398H5315H1288H2962H41915But Rebekah heard what Isaac said to Esau his son; and when Esau had gone to the open country to hunt for game that he might bring it,H7259H8085H3327H1696H6215H1121H6215H3212H7704H6679H6718H9356Rebekah said to Jacob her younger son, See here, I heard your father say to Esau your brother,H7259H559H3290H1121H559H8085H1H1696H6215H251H5597Bring me game and make me appetizing meat, so that I may eat and declare my blessing upon you before the Lord before my death.H935H6718H6213H4303H398H1288H6440H3068H6440H41948So now, my son, do exactly as I command you.H1121H8085H6963H834H66809Go now to the flock, and from it bring me two good {and} suitable kids; and I will make them into appetizing meat for your father, such as he loves.H3212H6629H3947H8147H2896H1423H5795H6213H4303H1H15710And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat and declare his blessing upon you before his death.H935H1H398H834H1288H6440H419411But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Listen, Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man.H3290H559H7259H517H6215H251H8163H376H2509H37612Suppose my father feels me; I will seem to him to be a cheat {and} an imposter, and I will bring [his] curse on me and not [his] blessing.H1H4959H5869H8591H935H7045H129313But his mother said to him, On me be your curse, my son; only obey my word and go, fetch them to me.H517H559H7045H1121H8085H6963H3212H394714So [Jacob] went, got [the kids], and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared appetizing meat with a delightful odor, such as his father loved.H3212H3947H935H517H517H6213H4303H1H15715Then Rebekah took her elder son Esau's best clothes which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.H7259H3947H2532H899H1419H1121H6215H1004H3847H3290H6996H112116And she put the skins of the kids on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.H3847H5785H1423H5795H3027H2513H667717And she gave the savory meat and the bread which she had prepared into the hand of her son Jacob.H5414H4303H3899H6213H3027H1121H329018So he went to his father and said, My father. And he said, Here am I; who are you, my son?H935H1H559H1H559H112119And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done what you told me to do. Now sit up and eat of my game, so that you may proceed to bless me.H3290H559H1H6215H1060H6213H1696H6965H3427H398H6718H5315H128820And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found the game so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God caused it to come to me.H3327H559H1121H4672H4116H1121H559H3068H430H7136H644021But Isaac said to Jacob, Come close to me, I beg of you, that I may feel you, my son, {and} know whether you really are my son Esau or not.H3327H559H3290H5066H4184H1121H2088H1121H621522So Jacob went near to Isaac, and his father felt him and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.H3290H5066H3327H1H4959H559H6963H3290H6963H3027H3027H621523He could not identify him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.H5234H3027H8163H251H6215H3027H128824But he said, Are you really my son Esau? He answered, I am.H559H1121H6215H55925Then [Isaac] said, Bring it to me and I will eat of my son's game, that I may bless you. He brought it to him and he ate; and he brought him wine and he drank.H559H5066H398H1121H6718H5315H1288H5066H398H935H3196H835426Then his father Isaac said, Come near and kiss me, my son.H1H3327H559H5066H5401H112127So he came near and kissed him; and [Isaac] smelled his clothing and blessed him and said, The scent of my son is as the odor of a field which the Lord has blessed.H5066H5401H7306H7381H899H1288H559H7200H7381H1121H7381H7704H3068H128828And may God give you of the dew of the heavens and of the fatness of the earth and abundance of grain and [new] wine;H430H5414H2919H8064H4924H776H7230H1715H849229Let peoples serve you and nations bow down to you; be master over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you. Let everyone be cursed who curses you and favored with blessings who blesses you.H5971H5647H3816H7812H1933H1376H251H517H1121H7812H779H779H1288H1288

The Stolen Blessing

30As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and Jacob was scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.H3327H3615H1288H3290H3290H389H3318H3318H6440H3327H1H6215H251H935H671831Esau had also prepared savory food and brought it to his father and said to him, Let my father arise and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me.H6213H4303H935H1H559H1H1H6965H398H1121H6718H5315H128832And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he replied, I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.H3327H1H559H559H1121H1060H621533Then Isaac trembled {and} shook violently, and he said, Who? Where is he who has hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate of it all before you came and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.H3327H2729H1419H3966H2731H559H645H6679H6718H935H398H935H1288H128834When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with a great and bitter cry and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father!H6215H8085H1697H1H6817H1419H3966H4751H6818H559H1H1288H135[Isaac] said, Your brother came with crafty cunning {and} treacherous deceit and has taken your blessing.H559H251H935H4820H3947H129336[Esau] replied, Is he not rightly named Jacob [the supplanter]? For he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing! Have you not still a blessing reserved for me?H559H3588H7121H8034H3290H6117H2088H6471H3947H1062H3947H1293H559H680H129337And Isaac answered Esau, Behold, I have made [Jacob] your lord and master; I have given all his brethren to him for servants, and with corn and [new] wine have I sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?H3327H6030H559H6215H7760H1376H251H5414H5650H1715H8492H5564H6213H645H112138Esau said to his father, Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father! And Esau lifted up [could not control] his voice and wept aloud.H6215H559H1H259H1293H1H1288H1H6215H5375H6963H105839Then Isaac his father answered, Your [blessing and] dwelling shall all come from the fruitfulness of the earth and from the dew of the heavens above;H3327H1H6030H559H4186H4924H776H2919H8064H592040By your sword you shall live and serve your brother. But [the time shall come] when you will grow restive {and} break loose, and you shall tear his yoke from off your neck.H2719H2421H5647H251H7300H6561H5923H667741And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are very near. When [he is gone] I will kill my brother Jacob.H6215H7852H3290H5921H1293H834H1H1288H6215H559H3820H3117H60H1H7126H2026H251H329042These words of Esau her elder son were repeated to Rebekah. She sent for Jacob her younger son and said to him, See here, your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you [by intending] to kill you.H1697H6215H1419H1121H5046H7259H7971H7121H3290H6996H1121H559H251H6215H5162H202643So now, my son, do what I tell you; arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran;H1121H8085H6963H6965H1272H3837H251H277144Linger and dwell with him for a while until your brother's fury is spent.H3427H259H3117H834H251H2534H772545When your brother's anger is diverted from you, he will forget [the wrong] that you have done him. Then I will send and bring you back from there. Why should I be deprived of both of you in one day?H251H639H7725H7911H6213H7971H3947H4100H7921H8147H259H311746Then Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth [these wives of Esau]! If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth such as these Hittite girls around here, what good will my life be to me?H7259H559H3327H6973H2416H6440H1323H2845H3290H3947H802H1323H2845H1323H776H4100H2416