Genesis:27:1-29

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* 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 . * And he said , Behold now , I am old , I know not the day of my death : * Now therefore take , I pray thee , thy weapons , thy quiver and thy bow , and go out to the field , and take me some venison ; * 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 . * And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son . And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison , and to bring it . * And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son , saying , Behold , I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother , saying , * Bring me venison , and make me savoury meat , that I may eat , and bless thee before the LORD before my death . * Now therefore , my son , obey my voice according to that which I command thee . * 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 : * And thou shalt bring it to thy father , that he may eat , and that he may bless thee before his death . * And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother , Behold , Esau my brother is a hairy man , and I am a smooth man : * 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 . * And his mother said unto him , Upon me be thy curse , my son : only obey my voice , and go fetch me them . * And he went , and fetched , and brought them to his mother : and his mother made savoury meat , such as his father loved . * 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 : * And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands , and upon the smooth of his neck : * And she gave the savoury meat and the bread , which she had prepared , into the hand of her son Jacob . * And he came unto his father , and said , My father : and he said , Here am I ; who art thou , my son ? * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And he discerned him not , because his hands were hairy , as his brother Esau 's hands : so he blessed him . * And he said , Art thou my very son Esau ? And he said , I am . * 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 . * And his father Isaac said unto him , Come near now , and kiss me , my son . * 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 : * Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven , and the fatness of the earth , and plenty of corn and wine : * 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 .

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