Genesis 27:1-29 (New American Standard Bible)

Genesis 27

Jacob's Deception

 ¹Now it came about, when Isaac was old and ^(A)his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his ^(B)older son Esau and said to him, "My son." And he said to him, "Here I am."

 ^2(C)Isaac said, "Behold now, I am old and I do not know the day of my death.

 ³"Now then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and ^(D)hunt game for me;

 ⁴and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that ^(E)my soul may bless you before I die."

 ⁵Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home,

 ^6(F)Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying,

 ⁷'Bring me some game and prepare a savory dish for me, that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the LORD before my death.'

 ⁸"Now therefore, my son, ^(G)listen to me as I command you.

 ⁹"Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, that I may prepare them as a savory dish for your father, such as he loves.

 ¹⁰"Then you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death."

 ¹¹Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, "Behold, Esau my brother is a ^(H)hairy man and I am a smooth man.

 ¹²"^(I)Perhaps my father will feel me, then I will be as a deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing."

 ¹³But his mother said to him, "Your curse be on me, my son; only ^(J)obey my voice, and go, get them for me."

 ¹⁴So he went and got them, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savory food such as his father loved.

 ¹⁵Then Rebekah took the best ^(K)garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

 ¹⁶And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

 ¹⁷She also gave the savory food and the bread, which she had made, to her son Jacob.

 ¹⁸Then he came to his father and said, "My father." And he said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"

 ¹⁹Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. ^(L)Get up, please, sit and eat of my game, that ^(M)you may bless me."

 ²⁰Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have it so quickly, my son?" And he said, "^(N)Because the LORD your God caused it to happen to me."

 ²¹Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come close, that ^(O)I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."

 ²²So Jacob came close to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau."

 ²³He did not recognize him, because his hands were ^(P)hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

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

 ²⁵So he said, "Bring it to me, and I will eat of my son's game, that ^(Q)I may bless you." And he brought it to him, and he ate; he also brought him wine and he drank.

 ²⁶Then his father Isaac said to him, "Please come close and kiss me, my son."

 ²⁷So he came close and kissed him; and when he smelled the smell of his garments, he ^(R)blessed him and said,
         "See, ^(S)the smell of my son
         Is like the smell of a field ^(T)which the LORD has blessed;
    ²⁸Now may ^(U)God give you of the dew of heaven,
         And of the ^(V)fatness of the earth,
         And an abundance of grain and new wine;
    ^29(W)May peoples serve you,
         And nations bow down to you;
         ^(X)Be master of your brothers,
         ^(Y)And may your mother's sons bow down to you
         ^(Z)Cursed be those who curse you,
         And blessed be those who bless you."