1 ¶ 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 to him, My son: and he replied, Behold, here am I.

2 And he said, Look, I am old, I do not know the day of my death:

3 Therefore, I am asking you, to take your weapons now, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and bring me some venison;

4 And prepare for me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die.

5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, to bring in.

6 ¶ And Rebekah said to Jacob her son, Look, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

7 Bring me venison, and prepare savory meat for me, that I may eat, and bless you before the LORD before my death.

8 Therefore, my son, listen to what I say and do as I instruct you.

9 Go now to the flock, and bring me from there two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for your father, such as he loves:

10 And you will bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you before his death.

11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

12 Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will seem like a deceiver to him; and I will bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

13 And his mother said to him, Upon me be your curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go bring them to me.

14 And he went, and got them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved.

15 And Rebekah took the best garments of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son:

16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

17 And she placed the savory meat and the bread, that she had prepared, in the hand of her son Jacob.

18 ¶ And he went to his father, and said, My father: and he answered, Here I am; who are you, my son?

19 And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me: arise, I pray you, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.

20 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.

21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray you, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.

22 And 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.

23 And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

24 And he said, Are you truly my son Esau? And he said, I am.

25 And he said, Bring it near to me, that I might eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he ate: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

26 And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

27 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 has blessed:

28 Therefore may God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

29 Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brethren, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you: cursed be every one who curses you, and blessed be he who blesses you.

30 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

31 And he also had made savory meat, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.

32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn Esau.

33 And Isaac trembled violently, and said, Who was it then who hunted venison, and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and blessed him? yes, and he shall be blessed.

34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

35 And he said, Your brother came with subtlety, and has taken away your blessing.

36 And he said, Is not he 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?

37 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: what more can I now do for you, my son?

38 And 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.

39 And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

40 And you will live by your sword, and shall serve your brother; and it will come to pass when you shall have the dominion, that you will break his yoke from off your neck.

41 ¶ And 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 will I slay my brother Jacob.

42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Look, your brother Esau, comforts himself, regarding you, by planning to kill you.

43 Now therefore, my son, listen to what I say; arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran;

44 And stay with him a while, until your brother’s fury turns away;

45 Until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him: then I will send, and fetch you from there: why should I be deprived of you both in one day?

46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob marries one of the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?