Genesis:27

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* And when Izhak was olde , and his eyes were dimme (so that he coulde not see ) he called Esau his eldest sonne , and sayde vnto him , My sonne ; he answered him , I am here . * Then he sayd , Beholde , I am nowe olde , and knowe not the day of my death : * Wherefore nowe , I pray thee take thine instrumentes , thy quiuer and thy bowe , and get thee to the fielde , that thou mayest take mee some venison . * And make me savoury meat , such as I love , and bring [it ] to me , that I may eat ; that my (note :)The carnal affection he had for his son made him forget what God spoke to his wife . ( Gen_25:23 ).(:note ) soul may bless thee before I die . * (Nowe Rebekah heard , when Izhak spake to Esau his sonne ) and Esau went into the fielde to hunt for venison , and to bring it . * Then Rebekah spake vnto Iaakob her sonne , saying , Beholde , I haue heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother , saying , * Bring mee venision , and make mee sauourie meate , that I may eate and blesse thee before the Lord , afore my death . * Nowe therefore , my sonne , heare my voyce in that which I command thee . * * Then shalt thou bring it to thy father , and he shal eate , to the intent that he may blesse thee before his death . * But Iaakob sayde to Rebekah his mother , Beholde , Esau my brother is rough , and I am smoothe . * My father may possibly feele me , and I shal seem to him to be a mocker : so shall I bring a curse vpon me , and not a blessing . * And his mother said unto him , (note :)The assurance of God 's decree made her bold .(:note ) Upon me [be ] thy curse , my son : only obey my voice , and go fetch me [them ]. * So he went and set them , and brought them to his mother : and his mother made pleasant meat , such as his father loued . * And Rebekah tooke faire clothes of her elder sonne Esau , which were in her house , and clothed Iaakob her yonger sonne : * And she couered his hands and the smoothe of his necke with the skinnes of the kiddes of the goates . * Afterward she put the pleasant meate and bread , which she had prepared , in the hand of her sonne Iaakob . * And when he came to his father , he sayd , My father . Who answered , I am here : who art thou , my sonne ? * And Jacob said unto his father , (note :)Although Jacob was assured of this blessing by faith : yet he did evil to seek it by lies , even more because he abuses God 's name through it .(:note ) 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 . * Then Izhak said vnto his sonne , Howe hast thou founde it so quickly my sonne ? Who sayde , Because the Lorde thy God brought it to mine hande . * Againe sayde Izhak vnto Iaakob , Come neere nowe , that I may feele thee , my sonne , whether thou be that my sonne Esau or not . * And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father ; and he felt him , and said , The (note :)This declares that he suspected something , yet God would not have his decree altered .(:note ) voice [is ] Jacob 's voice , but the hands [are ] the hands of Esau . * (For he knewe him not , because his hands were rough as his brother Esaus hands : wherefore he blessed him ) * Againe he sayd , Art thou that my sonne Esau ? Who answered , Yea . * Then said he , Bring it me hither , and I will eate of my sonnes venison , that my soule may blesse thee ; he brought it to him , and he ate : also he brought him wine , and he dranke . * Afterward his father Izhak sayd vnto him , Come neere nowe , and kisse me , my sonne . * And hee came neere and kissed him . Then he smelled the sauour of his garmentes , and blessed him , and sayde , Behold , the smell of my sonne is as the smell of a fielde , which the Lorde hath blessed . * God giue thee therefore of the dewe of heauen , and the fatnesse of the earth , and plentie of wheate and wine . * Let people bee thy seruantes , and nations bowe vnto thee : be Lorde ouer thy brethren , and let thy mothers children honour thee . Cursed be he that curseth thee , and blessed be he that blesseth thee . * And when Izhak had made an ende of blessing Iaakob , and Iaakob was scarce gone out from the presence of Izhak his father , then came Esau his brother from his hunting , * And hee also prepared sauourie meate and brought it to his father , and sayd vnto his father , Let my father arise , and eat of his sonnes venison , that thy soule may blesse me . * But his father Izhak sayde vnto him , Who art thou ? And he answered , I am thy sonne , euen thy first borne Esau . * And Isaac (note :)In perceiving his error , by appointing his heir against God 's sentence pronounced before .(:note ) trembled very exceedingly , and said , Who ? where [is ] he that hath taken venison , and brought [it ] me , and I have eaten of all before thou camest , and have blessed him ? yea , [and ] he shall be blessed . * When Esau heard the wordes of his father , he cryed out with a great crye and bitter , out of measure , and sayde vnto his father , Blesse me , euen me also , my father . * Who answered , Thy brother came with subtiltie , and hath taken away thy blessing . * And he said , Is not he rightly named (note :)In ( Gen_25:26 ) he was so called because he held his brother by the heel , as though he would overthrow him : and therefore he is here called an overthrower , or deceiver .(:note ) Jacob ? for he hath supplanted me these two times : he took away my birthright ; and , behold , now he hath taken away my blessing . And he said , Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me ? * And Isaac answered and said unto Esau , Behold , I have made him (note :)For Isaac did this as he was the minister and prophet of God .(:note ) thy lord , and all his brethren have I given to him for servants ; and with corn and wine have I sustained him : and what shall I do now unto thee , my son ? * Then Esau sayde vnto his father , Hast thou but one blessing my father ? blesse mee , euen me also , my father : and Esau lifted vp his voyce , and wept . * Then Izhak his father answered , and sayde vnto him , Behold , the fatnesse of the earth shal be thy dwelling place , and thou shalt haue of the dewe of heauen from aboue . * And (note :)Because your enemies will be all around you .(:note ) by thy sword shalt thou live , and shalt Which was fulfilled in his posterity the Idumeans : who were tributaries for a time to Israel , and later came to freedom . serve thy brother ; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion , that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck . * And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him : and Esau said in his heart , The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; (note :)Hypocrites only abstain from doing evil for fear of men .(:note ) then will I slay my brother Jacob . * And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah : and she sent and called Jacob her younger son , and said unto him , Behold , thy brother Esau , (note :)He hopes to recover his birthright by killing you .(:note ) as touching thee , doth comfort himself , [purposing ] to kill thee . * Now therefore my sonne , heare my voyce , arise , &amp ; flee thou to Haran to my brother Laban , * And tarie with him a while vntill thy brothers fiercenesse be swaged , * Until thy brother 's anger turn away from thee , and he forget [that ] which thou hast done to him : then I will send , and fetch thee from thence : why should I be (note :)For the wicked son will kill the godly : and the plague of God will later come on the wicked son .(:note ) deprived also of you both in one day ? * And Rebekah said to Isaac , I am weary of my life because of the (note :)Who were Esau 's wives .(:note ) daughters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth , such as these [which are ] of the daughters of the land , By this she persuaded Isaac to agree to Jacob 's leaving . what good shall my life do me ?

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