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Génesis 27
Dios Habla Hoy
Génesis 27
Dios Habla Hoy
Isaac bendice a Jacob y Esaú
27 Isaac estaba ya muy viejo, y se había quedado ciego. Un día llamó a Esaú, su hijo mayor, y le dijo:
—¡Hijo mío!
—Dime, padre —contestó Esaú.
2 —Ya ves que estoy muy viejo —dijo Isaac—, y un día de éstos me puedo morir. 3 Por eso quiero que vayas al monte con tu arco y tus flechas para cazar algún animal. 4 Prepara luego un guisado sabroso, como a mí me gusta, y tráelo para que yo lo coma. Entonces te daré mi bendición antes de morir.
5 Pero Rebeca estaba oyendo lo que Isaac le decía a Esaú. Por eso, en cuanto éste se fue al monte a cazar algo para su padre, 6 ella dijo a Jacob, su hijo menor:
—Mira, oí que tu padre estaba hablando con tu hermano Esaú, y que le decía: 7 “Caza algún animal, prepara un guisado sabroso para que yo lo coma, y te daré mi bendición delante del Señor antes de morir.” 8 Así que, hijo mío, escucha bien lo que te voy a decir: 9 Ve a donde está el rebaño, y tráeme dos de los mejores cabritos; voy a prepararle a tu padre un guisado sabroso, como a él le gusta. 10 Tú se lo vas a llevar para que lo coma, y así te dará a ti su bendición antes de morir.
11 Pero Jacob le dijo a su madre:
—Mi hermano tiene mucho pelo en el cuerpo, y yo no. 12 Si mi padre llega a tocarme y me reconoce, va a pensar que me estoy burlando de él; entonces haré que me maldiga en lugar de que me bendiga.
13 Pero su madre le contestó:
—Hijo mío, que esa maldición recaiga sobre mí. Tú haz lo que te digo y tráeme esos cabritos.
14 Jacob fue por los cabritos y se los trajo a su madre. Ella preparó entonces un guisado sabroso, como a Isaac le gustaba, 15 sacó la mejor ropa de Esaú, su hijo mayor, que estaba guardada en la casa, y se la puso a Jacob, su hijo menor. 16 Luego, con la piel de los cabritos, le cubrió a Jacob los brazos y la parte del cuello donde no tenía pelo, 17 y le dio el guisado y el pan que había preparado.
18 Entonces Jacob entró donde estaba su padre, y le dijo:
—¡Padre!
—Aquí estoy. ¿Cuál de mis hijos eres tú? —preguntó Isaac.
19 —Soy Esaú, tu hijo mayor —contestó Jacob—. Ya hice lo que me dijiste. Levántate, por favor; siéntate y come del animal que he cazado, y dame tu bendición.
20 Entonces Isaac le preguntó:
—¿Cómo pudiste encontrarlo tan pronto, hijo mío?
—El Señor tu Dios me ayudó a encontrarlo —respondió Jacob.
21 Pero Isaac le dijo:
—Acércate y déjame tocarte, a ver si de veras eres mi hijo Esaú.
22 Jacob se acercó para que su padre lo tocara. Entonces Isaac dijo: «La voz es la de Jacob, pero los brazos son los de Esaú.» 23 Así que no lo reconoció, porque sus brazos tenían mucho pelo, como los de su hermano Esaú. Pero cuando iba a darle su bendición, 24 volvió a preguntarle:
—¿De veras eres mi hijo Esaú?
—Sí, yo soy Esaú —respondió Jacob.
25 Entonces su padre le dijo:
—Sírveme, hijo mío, para que coma yo de lo que cazaste, y entonces te daré mi bendición.
Jacob le sirvió de comer a su padre, y también le trajo vino. Isaac comió y bebió, 26 y luego le dijo:
—Acércate, hijo, y dame un beso.
27 Cuando Jacob se acercó para besarlo, Isaac le olió la ropa. Entonces lo bendijo con estas palabras:
«Sí, este olor es de mi hijo.
Es como el olor de un campo
bendecido por el Señor.
28 Que Dios te dé la lluvia del cielo,
las mejores cosechas de la tierra,
mucho trigo y mucho vino.
29 Que mucha gente te sirva;
que las naciones se arrodillen delante de ti.
Gobierna a tus propios hermanos;
¡que se arrodillen delante de ti!
Los que te maldigan serán malditos,
y los que te bendigan serán benditos.»
30 Había terminado Isaac de bendecir a Jacob, y apenas salía Jacob de donde estaba su padre, cuando Esaú regresó de cazar. 31 También él preparó un guisado sabroso, se lo llevó a su padre, y le dijo:
—Levántate, padre; come del animal que tu hijo ha cazado, y dame tu bendición.
32 Entonces Isaac le preguntó:
—¿Quién eres tú?
—Soy Esaú, tu hijo mayor —contestó.
33 Isaac se quedó muy sorprendido, y con voz temblorosa dijo:
—Entonces, ¿quién es el que fue a cazar y me trajo el guisado? Yo me lo comí todo antes de que tú llegaras, y le di mi bendición, y ahora él ha quedado bendecido.
34 Cuando Esaú oyó lo que su padre decía, se puso a llorar amargamente, y gritó:
—¡Dame también a mí tu bendición, padre mío!
35 Pero Isaac le contestó:
—Ya vino tu hermano, y me engañó, y se llevó la bendición que era para ti.
36 —¡Con razón le pusieron por nombre Jacob! —dijo Esaú—. ¡Ya van dos veces que me hace trampa! Primero me quitó mis derechos de hijo mayor, y ahora me ha quitado la bendición que me tocaba. ¿No has guardado ninguna otra bendición para mí?
37 Entonces Isaac le contestó:
—Mira, yo le he dado a Jacob autoridad sobre ti; le he dado por siervos a todos sus parientes, y le he deseado que tenga mucho trigo y mucho vino. ¿Qué puedo hacer ahora por ti, hijo mío?
38 Esaú insistió:
—¿No puedes dar más que una sola bendición, padre mío? ¡Bendíceme también a mí!
Y volvió a llorar a gritos.
39 Entonces Isaac le dijo:
«Vivirás lejos de las tierras fértiles
y de la lluvia que cae del cielo.
40 Tendrás que defenderte con tu espada
y serás siervo de tu hermano;
pero cuando te hagas fuerte,
te librarás de él.»
Jacob huye de Esaú
41 Desde entonces Esaú odió a Jacob por la bendición que le había dado su padre, y pensaba: «Ya pronto vamos a estar de luto por la muerte de mi padre; después de eso, mataré a mi hermano Jacob.»
42 Cuando Rebeca supo lo que Esaú estaba planeando, mandó llamar a Jacob y le dijo:
—Mira, tu hermano Esaú quiere matarte para vengarse de ti. 43 Por eso, hijo, escúchame; huye en seguida a Harán, a casa de mi hermano Labán. 44 Quédate con él por algún tiempo, hasta que se le pase el enojo a tu hermano 45 y olvide lo que le has hecho. Entonces te mandaré avisar para que vuelvas. ¡No quiero perder a mis dos hijos en un solo día!
46 Luego Rebeca le dijo a Isaac:
—Estoy cansada de la vida por culpa de estas hititas con las que Esaú se casó. Si Jacob se casa con una hitita como estas, de las que viven aquí en Canaán, vale más que me muera.
Genesis 27
New International Version
Genesis 27
New International Version
27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see,(A) he called for Esau his older son(B) and said to him, “My son.”
“Here I am,” he answered.
2 Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.(C) 3 Now then, get your equipment—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country(D) to hunt some wild game for me. 4 Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like(E) and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing(F) before I die.”(G)
5 Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country(H) to hunt game and bring it back, 6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob,(I) “Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau, 7 ‘Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die.’(J) 8 Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you:(K) 9 Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats,(L) so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.(M) 10 Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing(N) before he dies.”
11 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man(O) while I have smooth skin. 12 What if my father touches me?(P) I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse(Q) on myself rather than a blessing.”
13 His mother said to him, “My son, let the curse fall on me.(R) Just do what I say;(S) go and get them for me.”
14 So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.(T) 15 Then Rebekah took the best clothes(U) of Esau her older son,(V) which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob. 16 She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins.(W) 17 Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.
18 He went to his father and said, “My father.”
“Yes, my son,” he answered. “Who is it?”(X)
19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn.(Y) I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game,(Z) so that you may give me your blessing.”(AA)
20 Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”
“The Lord your God gave me success,(AB)” he replied.
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you,(AC) my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.”
22 Jacob went close to his father Isaac,(AD) who touched(AE) him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23 He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau;(AF) so he proceeded to bless him. 24 “Are you really my son Esau?” he asked.
“I am,” he replied.
25 Then he said, “My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.”(AG)
Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank. 26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss me.”
27 So he went to him and kissed(AH) him(AI). When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes,(AJ) he blessed him and said,
“Ah, the smell of my son
is like the smell of a field
that the Lord has blessed.(AK)
28 May God give you heaven’s dew(AL)
and earth’s richness(AM)—
an abundance of grain(AN) and new wine.(AO)
29 May nations serve you
and peoples bow down to you.(AP)
Be lord over your brothers,
and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.(AQ)
May those who curse you be cursed
and those who bless you be blessed.(AR)”
30 After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting. 31 He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, “My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”(AS)
32 His father Isaac asked him, “Who are you?”(AT)
“I am your son,” he answered, “your firstborn, Esau.(AU)”
33 Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me?(AV) I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!(AW)”
34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry(AX) and said to his father, “Bless(AY) me—me too, my father!”
35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully(AZ) and took your blessing.”(BA)
36 Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob[a]?(BB) This is the second time he has taken advantage of(BC) me: He took my birthright,(BD) and now he’s taken my blessing!”(BE) Then he asked, “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?”
37 Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine.(BF) So what can I possibly do for you, my son?”
38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.(BG)
39 His father Isaac answered him,(BH)
“Your dwelling will be
away from the earth’s richness,
away from the dew(BI) of heaven above.(BJ)
40 You will live by the sword
and you will serve(BK) your brother.(BL)
But when you grow restless,
you will throw his yoke
from off your neck.(BM)”
41 Esau held a grudge(BN) against Jacob(BO) because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning(BP) for my father are near; then I will kill(BQ) my brother Jacob.”(BR)
42 When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau(BS) had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.(BT) 43 Now then, my son, do what I say:(BU) Flee at once to my brother Laban(BV) in Harran.(BW) 44 Stay with him for a while(BX) until your brother’s fury subsides. 45 When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him,(BY) I’ll send word for you to come back from there.(BZ) Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite(CA) women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land,(CB) from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.”(CC)
Footnotes
- Genesis 27:36 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.
Genesis 27
King James Version
Genesis 27
King James Version
27 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.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
4 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.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
9 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:
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee 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 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.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15 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:
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 gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20 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.
21 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.
22 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.
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 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.
26 And his father Isaac said unto 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 hath blessed:
28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29 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.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac 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.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
36 And he said, Is not he rightly named 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?
37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him 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?
38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou 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 unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt 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.
41 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; 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 unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
45 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 deprived also of you both in one day?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
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