Genesis 27:38 - Prayer Tents

Isaac Blesses Jacob

27Isaac was now old and had become blind. He sent for his older son Esau and said to him, "Son!" "Yes," he answered.H1961H3327H2204H5869H3543H7200H7121H6215H1419H1121H559H1121H559

2Isaac said, "You see that I am old and may die soon.H559H2204H3045H3117H4194

3Take your bow and arrows, go out into the country, and kill an animal for me.H5375H3627H8522H7198H3318H7704H6679H6718H6720

4Cook me some of that tasty food that I like, and bring it to me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my final blessing before I die."H6213H4303H834H157H935H398H5315H1288H2962H4191

5While Isaac was talking to Esau, Rebecca was listening. So when Esau went out to hunt,H7259H8085H3327H1696H6215H1121H6215H3212H7704H6679H6718H935

6she said to Jacob, "I have just heard your father say to Esau,H7259H559H3290H1121H559H8085H1H1696H6215H251H559

7'Bring me an animal and cook it for me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my blessing in the presence of the LORD before I die.'H935H6718H6213H4303H398H1288H6440H3068H6440H4194

8Now, son," Rebecca continued, "listen to me and do what I say.H1121H8085H6963H834H6680

9Go to the flock and pick out two fat young goats, so that I can cook them and make some of that food your father likes so much.H3212H6629H3947H8147H2896H1423H5795H6213H4303H1H157

10You can take it to him to eat, and he will give you his blessing before he dies."H935H1H398H834H1288H6440H4194

11But Jacob said to his mother, "You know that Esau is a hairy man, but I have smooth skin.H3290H559H7259H517H6215H251H8163H376H2509H376

12Perhaps my father will touch me and find out that I am deceiving him; in this way, I will bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing."H1H4959H5869H8591H935H7045H1293

13His mother answered, "Let any curse against you fall on me, my son; just do as I say, and go and get the goats for me."H517H559H7045H1121H8085H6963H3212H3947

14So he went to get them and brought them to her, and she cooked the kind of food that his father liked.H3212H3947H935H517H517H6213H4303H1H157

15Then she took Esau's best clothes, which she kept in the house, and put them on Jacob.H7259H3947H2532H899H1419H1121H6215H1004H3847H3290H6996H1121

16She put the skins of the goats on his arms and on the hairless part of his neck.H3847H5785H1423H5795H3027H2513H6677

17She handed him the tasty food, along with the bread she had baked.H5414H4303H3899H6213H3027H1121H3290

18Then Jacob went to his father and said, "Father!" "Yes," he answered. "Which of my sons are you?"H935H1H559H1H559H1121

19Jacob answered, "I am your older son Esau; I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have brought you, so that you can give me your blessing."H3290H559H1H6215H1060H6213H1696H6965H3427H398H6718H5315H1288

20Isaac said, "How did you find it so quickly, son?" Jacob answered, "The LORD your God helped me find it."H3327H559H1121H4672H4116H1121H559H3068H430H7136H6440

21Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come closer so that I can touch you. Are you really Esau?"H3327H559H3290H5066H4184H1121H2088H1121H6215

22Jacob moved closer to his father, who felt him and said, "Your voice sounds like Jacob's voice, but your arms feel like Esau's arms."H3290H5066H3327H1H4959H559H6963H3290H6963H3027H3027H6215

23He did not recognize Jacob, because his arms were hairy like Esau's. He was about to give him his blessing,H5234H3027H8163H251H6215H3027H1288

24but asked again, "Are you really Esau?" "I am," he answered.H559H1121H6215H559

25Isaac said, "Bring me some of the meat. After I eat it, I will give you my blessing." Jacob brought it to him, and he also brought him some wine to drink.H559H5066H398H1121H6718H5315H1288H5066H398H935H3196H8354

26Then his father said to him, "Come closer and kiss me, son."H1H3327H559H5066H5401H1121

27As he came up to kiss him, Isaac smelled his clothes - so he gave him his blessing. He said, "The pleasant smell of my son is like the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed.H5066H5401H7306H7381H899H1288H559H7200H7381H1121H7381H7704H3068H1288

28May God give you dew from heaven and make your fields fertile! May he give you plenty of grain and wine!H430H5414H2919H8064H4924H776H7230H1715H8492

29May nations be your servants, and may peoples bow down before you. May you rule over all your relatives, and may your mother's descendants bow down before you. May those who curse you be cursed, and may those who bless you be blessed."H5971H5647H3816H7812H1933H1376H251H517H1121H7812H779H779H1288H1288

Esau Begs for Isaac’s Blessing

30Isaac finished giving his blessing, and as soon as Jacob left, his brother Esau came in from hunting.H3327H3615H1288H3290H3290H389H3318H3318H6440H3327H1H6215H251H935H6718

31He also cooked some tasty food and took it to his father. He said, "Please, father, sit up and eat some of the meat that I have brought you, so that you can give me your blessing."H6213H4303H935H1H559H1H1H6965H398H1121H6718H5315H1288

32"Who are you?" Isaac asked. "Your older son Esau," he answered.H3327H1H559H559H1121H1060H6215

33Isaac began to tremble and shake all over, and he asked, "Who was it, then, who killed an animal and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came. I gave him my final blessing, and so it is his forever."H3327H2729H1419H3966H2731H559H645H6679H6718H935H398H935H1288H1288

34When Esau heard this, he cried out loudly and bitterly and said, "Give me your blessing also, father!"H6215H8085H1697H1H6817H1419H3966H4751H6818H559H1H1288H1

35Isaac answered, "Your brother came and deceived me. He has taken away your blessing."H559H251H935H4820H3947H1293

36Esau said, "This is the second time that he has cheated me. No wonder his name is Jacob. He took my rights as the first-born son, and now he has taken away my blessing. Haven't you saved a blessing for me?"H559H3588H7121H8034H3290H6117H2088H6471H3947H1062H3947H1293H559H680H1293

37Isaac answered, "I have already made him master over you, and I have made all his relatives his slaves. I have given him grain and wine. Now there is nothing that I can do for you, son!"H3327H6030H559H6215H7760H1376H251H5414H5650H1715H8492H5564H6213H645H1121

38Esau continued to plead with his father: "Do you have only one blessing, father? Bless me too, father!" He began to cry.H6215H559H1H259H1293H1H1288H1H6215H5375H6963H1058

39Then Isaac said to him, "No dew from heaven for you, No fertile fields for you.H3327H1H6030H559H4186H4924H776H2919H8064H5920

40You will live by your sword, But be your brother's slave. Yet when you rebel, You will break away from his control."H2719H2421H5647H251H7300H6561H5923H6677

41Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, "The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob."H6215H7852H3290H5921H1293H834H1H1288H6215H559H3820H3117H60H1H7126H2026H251H3290

42But when Rebecca heard about Esau's plan, she sent for Jacob and said, "Listen, your brother Esau is planning to get even with you and kill you.H1697H6215H1419H1121H5046H7259H7971H7121H3290H6996H1121H559H251H6215H5162H2026

43Now, son, do what I say. Go at once to my brother Laban in Haran,H1121H8085H6963H6965H1272H3837H251H2771

44and stay with him for a while, until your brother's anger cools downH3427H259H3117H834H251H2534H7725

45and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send someone to bring you back. Why should I lose both of my sons on the same day?"H251H639H7725H7911H6213H7971H3947H4100H7921H8147H259H3117

Isaac Sends Jacob to Laban

46Rebecca said to Isaac, "I am sick and tired of Esau's foreign wives. If Jacob also marries one of these Hittites, I might as well die."H7259H559H3327H6973H2416H6440H1323H2845H3290H3947H802H1323H2845H1323H776H4100H2416