1And it happened, that when 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 said to him, Here I am. 2And he said, Behold now, I am old, I do not know the day of my death. 3Now therefore please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me; 4and make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die. 5And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for game, and to bring it. 6And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, 7Bring me game, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yehovah before my death. 8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you. 9Go now to the flock, and fetch me from there two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves: 10and you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death. 11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 12Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13And his mother said to him, Upon me be your curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch them for me. 14And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved. 15And Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son; 16and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: 17and she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here I am; who are you, my son? 19And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your first-born; I have done as you told me: please arise, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me. 20And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Yehovah your God granted me success. 21And Isaac said to Jacob, Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not. 22And 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. 23And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him. 24And he said, Are you really my son Esau? And he said, I am. 25And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he ate: and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which Yehovah has blessed: 28And God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine: 29Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you: Be lord over your brothers, And let your mother’s sons bow down to you: Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be everyone who blesses you. 30And 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. 31And he also made savory food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me. 32And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your first-born, Esau. 33And Isaac trembled very greatly, and said, Who then is he who has hunted game, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yes, and he shall be blessed. 34When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. 35And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing. 36And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me? 37And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him: and what then shall I do for you, my son? 38And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. 39And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be your dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above; 40And by your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; And it shall happen, when you break loose, That you shall shake his yoke from off your neck. 41And 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 at hand; then I will slay my brother Jacob. 42And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, your brother Esau, concerning you, comforts himself, purposing to kill you. 43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee to Laban my brother to Haran; 44and stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away; 45until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets that which you have done to him: then I will send, and fetch you from there: why should I be bereaved of you both in one day? 46And 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, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?