Genesis:27

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* And it happened when Isaac [was ] old and his eyes were dim , so that he could not see , he called his oldest son Esau and said to him , My son . And he said to him , Behold , I [am ] here . * And he said to him , Behold , here am I . And he said , Behold now , I am old , I do not know the day of my death . * And now please take your weapons , your quiver and your bow , and go out to the field and hunt game for me . * And make tasty meat for me , such as I love , and bring to me so that I may eat , that my soul may bless you before I die . * And Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son . And Esau went to the field to hunt game in order to bring [it ]. * And Rebekah spoke to her son Jacob , saying , Behold , I heard your father speak to your brother Esau , saying , * Bring me game , and make me delicious things so that I may eat and bless you before the LORD before my death . * And now , my son , obey my voice according to what I command you . * Go now to the flock , and bring me from there two good kids of the goats . And I will make them delicious things for your father , such as he loves . * And you shall bring it to your father so that he may eat , and that he may bless you before his death . * And Jacob said to his mother Rebekah , Behold , Esau my brother [is ] a hairy man , and I [am ] a smooth man . * My father will perhaps 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 to him , Your curse [be ] upon me , my son , only obey my voice and go bring them to me . * And he went . And he took them and brought to his mother . And his mother made delicious things such as his father loved . * And Rebekah took the clothes of her older son Esau , the costly ones which were with her in the house , and put them on Jacob her younger son . * And she put the skins from the kids of the goats on his hands , and on the smooth of his neck . * And she gave the delicious things and the bread which she had prepared into the hand of her son Jacob . * And he came to his father and said , My father ! And he said , Here I [am ]; who are you , my son ? * And Jacob said to his father , I [am ] Esau your first-born . I have done as you asked me . Arise , I pray you , sit and eat of my game , that your soul may bless me . * And Isaac said to his son , How [is it ] that you have found it so quickly , my son ? And he said , Because the LORD your God brought [it ] to me . * And Isaac said to Jacob , Come near , I pray you , so that I may feel you , my son , whether you are truly my son Esau or not . * And Jacob went near to Isaac his father . And he felt him and said , The voice [is ] Jacob 's voice , but the hands the hands of Esau . * And he did not know him because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau 's hands . And he blessed him . * And he said , [Are ] you truly my son Esau ? And he said , I [am ]. * And he said , Bring [it ] to me , and I will eat of my son 's game , so that my soul may bless you . And he brought [it ] near to him , and he ate . And he brought him wine , and he drank . * And his father Isaac said to him , Come near now and kiss me , my son . * And 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 the LORD has blessed . * And may God give you of the dew of heaven , and the fatness of the earth , and plenty of grain and wine . * Let people serve you , and let nations bow down to you . Be lord over your brothers , and let your mother 's sons bow down to you . Cursed [be ] everyone that curses you , and blessed [be ] he that blesses you . * And it happened , as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob , and Jacob was scarcely gone from the presence of Isaac his father , that Esau his brother came in from his hunting . * And he also had made tasty meat and brought to his father . And he said to his father , Let my father arise and eat of his son 's game so that your soul may bless me . * And his father Isaac said to him , Who [are ] you ? And he said , I [am ] your son , your first-born , Esau . * And Isaac trembled with a great trembling , and said , Who then [was ] the one who has hunted deer and brought to me , and I have eaten of all before you came , and have blessed him ? Yea , he shall be blessed ! * And when Esau heard the voice of his father , he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry , and said to his father , Bless me , me also , O my father ! * And he said , Your brother came with deceit , and has taken away your blessing . * And he said , [It is ] because his name [is ] called 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 ? * And Isaac answered and said to Esau , Behold ! I have made him your lord , and all his brothers I have given him for servants . And with grain and wine I have supported him . And what shall I do now to you , my son ? * And Esau said to his father , Have you but one blessing , my father ? Bless me , me also , my father . And Esau lifted up his voice and wept . * And Isaac his father answered and said to him , Behold ! Your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth and of the dew of heaven from above . * And by your sword you shall live , and shall serve your brother . And it shall be when you shall have the dominion , you shall break his yoke from off your neck . * And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him . And Esau said in his heart , The days of mourning [for ] my father are at hand . Then I will kill my brother Jacob . * And these words of her older son Esau were told to Rebekah . And she sent and called her younger son Jacob , and said to him , Behold , your brother Esau is going to ease himself on you , to kill you . * And now , my son , obey my voice and arise . Flee for yourself to my brother Laban , to Haran , * and stay with him a few days until your brother 's fury turns away , * until your brother 's anger turns away from you and he forgets what you have done to him . Then I will send and bring you from there . Why should I also be bereaved of both of you [in ] one day ? * And 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 , like these of the daughters of the land , what good is [my ] life to me ?

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