Génesis 27
La Biblia de las Américas
Jacob suplanta a Esaú
27 Y aconteció que siendo ya viejo Isaac, y sus ojos demasiado débiles para ver(A), llamó a Esaú(B), su hijo mayor, y le dijo: Hijo mío. Y él le respondió: Heme aquí. 2 Y dijo Isaac: Mira, yo soy viejo y no sé el día de mi muerte(C). 3 Ahora pues, te ruego, toma tu equipo, tu aljaba y tu arco, sal al campo y tráeme caza(D); 4 y prepárame un buen guisado[a] como a mí me gusta, y tráemelo para que yo coma, y que mi alma te bendiga antes que yo muera(E).
5 Rebeca estaba escuchando cuando Isaac hablaba a su hijo Esaú. Y cuando Esaú fue al campo a cazar una pieza para traer a casa[b], 6 Rebeca habló a su hijo Jacob, diciendo(F): He aquí, oí a tu padre que hablaba con tu hermano Esaú, diciéndole: 7 «Tráeme caza y prepárame un buen guisado para que coma y te bendiga en presencia del Señor antes de mi muerte». 8 Ahora pues, hijo mío, obedéceme en[c] lo que te mando(G). 9 Ve ahora al rebaño y tráeme[d] de allí dos de los mejores cabritos de las cabras, y yo prepararé con ellos un buen guisado para tu padre como a él le gusta. 10 Entonces se lo llevarás a tu padre, que comerá, para que te bendiga antes de su muerte. 11 Y Jacob dijo a su madre Rebeca: He aquí, Esaú mi hermano es hombre velludo(H) y yo soy lampiño. 12 Quizá mi padre me palpe, y entonces seré para él un engañador[e](I) y traeré sobre mí una maldición y no una bendición. 13 Pero su madre le respondió: Caiga sobre mí tu maldición, hijo mío; solamente obedéceme[f](J), y ve y tráemelos. 14 Y él fue, los tomó y los trajo a su madre; y su madre hizo un buen guisado, como a su padre le gustaba. 15 Entonces Rebeca tomó las mejores[g] vestiduras(K) de Esaú, su hijo mayor, que tenía ella en la casa, y vistió a Jacob, su hijo menor; 16 le puso las pieles de los cabritos[h] sobre las manos y sobre la parte lampiña del cuello, 17 y puso el guisado y el pan que había hecho en manos de su hijo Jacob.
18 Entonces él fue a su padre, y dijo: Padre mío. Y este respondió: Aquí estoy. ¿Quién eres, hijo mío? 19 Y Jacob dijo a su padre: Soy Esaú tu primogénito. He hecho lo que me dijiste. Levántate, te ruego(L). Siéntate y come de mi caza para que me bendigas[i](M). 20 E Isaac dijo a su hijo: ¿Cómo es que la has encontrado tan pronto, hijo mío? Y él respondió: Porque el Señor tu Dios hizo que así me[j] acaeciera(N). 21 Isaac entonces dijo a Jacob: Te ruego que te acerques para palparte(O), hijo mío, a ver si en verdad eres o no mi hijo Esaú. 22 Jacob se acercó a Isaac su padre, y él lo palpó y dijo: La voz es la voz de Jacob, pero las manos son las manos de Esaú. 23 Y no lo reconoció porque sus manos eran velludas como las de su hermano Esaú(P), y lo bendijo. 24 Y le preguntó: ¿Eres en verdad mi hijo Esaú? Y él respondió: Yo soy. 25 Entonces dijo: Sírveme[k], y comeré de la caza de mi hijo para que yo[l] te bendiga(Q). Y le sirvió[m], y comió; le trajo también vino, y bebió. 26 Y su padre Isaac le dijo: Te ruego que te acerques y me beses, hijo mío. 27 Y él se acercó y lo besó; y al notar[n] el olor de sus vestidos, lo bendijo(R), diciendo[o]:
He aquí, el olor(S) de mi hijo
es como el aroma de un campo que el Señor ha bendecido(T).
28 Dios te dé, pues, del rocío del cielo,
y de la grosura de la tierra(U),
y abundancia de grano y de mosto(V).
29 Sírvante pueblos,
y póstrense ante ti naciones(W);
sé señor de tus hermanos(X),
e inclínense ante ti los hijos de tu madre(Y).
Malditos los que te maldigan,
y benditos los que te bendigan(Z).
30 Y sucedió que tan pronto como Isaac había terminado de bendecir a Jacob, y apenas había salido Jacob de la presencia de su padre Isaac, su hermano Esaú llegó de su cacería. 31 Y también él hizo un buen guisado y lo trajo a su padre, y dijo a su padre: Levántese mi padre(AA), y coma de la caza de su hijo, para que tú me bendigas[p](AB). 32 Y su padre Isaac le dijo: ¿Quién eres(AC)? Y él respondió: Soy tu hijo, tu primogénito, Esaú(AD). 33 Y tembló Isaac con estremecimiento muy grande, y dijo: ¿Quién fue entonces el que trajo caza, antes de que tú vinieras, y me la trajo y yo comí de todo, y lo bendije(AE)? Sí, y bendito será(AF). 34 Al oír Esaú las palabras de su padre, clamó con un grande y amargo clamor, y dijo a su padre: ¡Bendíceme, bendíceme también a mí, padre mío(AG)! 35 Y él respondió: Tu hermano vino con engaño, y se ha llevado tu bendición(AH). 36 Y Esaú dijo: Con razón se llama Jacob[q], pues me ha suplantado estas dos veces. Me quitó mi primogenitura(AI), y he aquí, ahora me ha quitado mi bendición. Y añadió: ¿No has reservado una bendición para mí? 37 Pero Isaac respondió, y dijo a Esaú: He aquí, yo lo he puesto por señor tuyo, y le he dado por siervos a todos sus parientes[r]; y con grano y mosto lo he sustentado(AJ). En cuanto a ti ¿qué haré, pues, hijo mío? 38 Y Esaú dijo a su padre: ¿No tienes más que una bendición, padre mío? Bendíceme, bendíceme también a mí, padre mío. Y Esaú alzó su voz y lloró(AK). 39 Entonces su padre Isaac respondió, y le dijo(AL):
He aquí, lejos de[s] la fertilidad[t] de la tierra será tu morada(AM),
y lejos del[u] rocío que baja[v] del cielo.
40 Por tu espada vivirás,
y a tu hermano servirás(AN);
mas acontecerá que cuando te impacientes,
arrancarás su yugo de tu cerviz(AO).
Rencor de Esaú
41 Esaú, pues, guardó rencor a Jacob a causa de la bendición con que su padre lo había bendecido(AP); y Esaú se dijo[w]: Los días de luto por mi padre están cerca(AQ); entonces mataré a mi hermano Jacob. 42 Cuando las palabras de Esaú, su hijo mayor, le fueron comunicadas a Rebeca, envió a llamar a Jacob, su hijo menor, y le dijo: Mira, en cuanto a ti, tu hermano Esaú se consuela con la idea de matarte. 43 Ahora pues, hijo mío, obedece mi voz(AR): levántate y huye[x] a Harán(AS), a casa de mi hermano Labán(AT). 44 Y quédate con él algunos días(AU) hasta que se calme[y] el furor de tu hermano; 45 hasta que la ira de tu hermano contra ti se calme[z], y olvide lo que le hiciste(AV). Entonces enviaré y te traeré de allá. ¿Por qué he de sufrir la pérdida de vosotros dos en un mismo día?
46 Y Rebeca dijo a Isaac: Estoy cansada de vivir[aa] a causa de las hijas de Het(AW); si Jacob toma mujer de las hijas de Het, como estas, de las hijas de esta[ab] tierra, ¿para qué me servirá la vida(AX)?
Footnotes
- Génesis 27:4 O, plato sabroso, y así en el resto del cap.
- Génesis 27:5 La versión gr. (sept.) dice: para su padre
- Génesis 27:8 Lit., oye mi voz conforme a
- Génesis 27:9 Lit., toma para mí
- Génesis 27:12 Lit., seré ante sus ojos un burlador
- Génesis 27:13 Lit., oye mi voz
- Génesis 27:15 Lit., deseables o escogidas
- Génesis 27:16 Lit., cabritos de las cabras
- Génesis 27:19 Lit., me bendiga tu alma
- Génesis 27:20 Lit., que delante de mí
- Génesis 27:25 Lit., Acércamela
- Génesis 27:25 Lit., mi alma
- Génesis 27:25 Lit., Y se la acercó
- Génesis 27:27 Lit., oler
- Génesis 27:27 Lit., y dijo
- Génesis 27:31 Lit., tu alma me bendiga
- Génesis 27:36 I.e., el que suplanta
- Génesis 27:37 Lit., hermanos
- Génesis 27:39 O, He aquí, de
- Génesis 27:39 Lit., grosura
- Génesis 27:39 O, y del
- Génesis 27:39 Lit., de arriba
- Génesis 27:41 Lit., dijo en su corazón
- Génesis 27:43 Lit., huye por ti mismo
- Génesis 27:44 Lit., se aparte
- Génesis 27:45 Lit., se aparte de ti
- Génesis 27:46 Lit., mi vida
- Génesis 27:46 Lit., la
Genesis 27
English Standard Version
Isaac Blesses Jacob
27 When Isaac was old and (A)his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death. 3 (B)Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me, 4 and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul (C)may bless you before I die.”
5 Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it, 6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, 7 ‘Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you before the Lord before I die.’ 8 Now therefore, my son, (D)obey my voice as I command you. 9 Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats, so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father, such as he loves. 10 And you shall bring it to your father to eat, (E)so that he may bless you before he dies.” 11 But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, (F)my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 12 Perhaps my father (G)will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring (H)a curse upon myself and not a blessing.” 13 His mother said to him, (I)“Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, bring them to me.”
14 So he went and took them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared delicious food, such as his father loved. 15 Then Rebekah took the (J)best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. 16 And the skins of the young goats she put on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. 17 And she put the delicious food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 So he went in to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?” 19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.” 20 But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He answered, “Because the Lord your God granted me success.” 21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I (K)may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.” 22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who 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 (L)his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands. (M)So he blessed him. 24 He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.” 25 Then he said, “Bring it near to me, (N)that I may eat of my son's game and bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.” 27 So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments (O)and blessed him and said,
“See, (P)the smell of my son
is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed!
28 May God give you of (Q)the dew of heaven
and of the fatness of the earth
and (R)plenty of grain and wine.
29 Let peoples serve you,
and nations (S)bow down to you.
(T)Be lord over your brothers,
and may your mother's sons bow down to you.
(U)Cursed be everyone who curses you,
and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”
30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me.” 32 His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” 33 Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.” 34 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, (V)he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!” 35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” 36 Esau said, (W)“Is he not rightly named Jacob?[a] For he has cheated me these two times. (X)He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, (Y)I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and (Z)with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” 38 Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And (AA)Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:
“Behold, (AB)away from[b] the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,
and away from[c] the dew of heaven on high.
40 By your sword you shall live,
and you (AC)shall serve your brother;
but when you grow restless
(AD)you shall break his yoke from your neck.”
41 Now Esau (AE)hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, (AF)“The days of mourning for my father are approaching; (AG)then I will kill my brother Jacob.” 42 But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. 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 bring you from there. Why should I be bereft of you both in one day?”
46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, (AH)“I loathe my life because of the Hittite women.[d] (AI)If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
Footnotes
- Genesis 27:36 Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats
- Genesis 27:39 Or Behold, of
- Genesis 27:39 Or and of
- Genesis 27:46 Hebrew daughters of Heth
Genesis 27
New King James Version
Isaac Blesses Jacob
27 Now it came to pass, when Isaac was (A)old and (B)his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.”
And he answered him, “Here I am.”
2 Then he said, “Behold now, I am old. I (C)do not know the day of my death. 3 (D)Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me. 4 And make me [a]savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul (E)may bless you before I die.”
5 Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it. 6 So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, 7 ‘Bring me game and make [b]savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’ 8 Now therefore, my son, (F)obey my voice according to what I command you. 9 Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make (G)savory food from them for your father, such as he loves. 10 Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he (H)may bless you before his death.”
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, (I)Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man. 12 Perhaps my father will (J)feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring (K)a curse on myself and not a blessing.”
13 But his mother said to him, (L)“Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.” 14 And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother (M)made [c]savory food, such as his father loved. 15 Then Rebekah took (N)the choice clothes of her elder 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 on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. 17 Then she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 So he went to his father and said, “My father.”
And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, (O)that your soul may bless me.”
20 But 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 Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I (P)may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.” 22 So 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 (Q)his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
24 Then he said, “Are you really my son Esau?”
He said, “I am.”
25 He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, so (R)that my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.” 27 And he came near and (S)kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said:
“Surely, (T)the smell of my son
Is like the smell of a field
Which the Lord has blessed.
28 Therefore may (U)God give you
Of (V)the dew of heaven,
Of (W)the fatness of the earth,
And (X)plenty of grain and wine.
29 (Y)Let peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you.
Be master over your brethren,
And (Z)let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
(AA)Cursed be everyone who curses you,
And blessed be those who bless you!”
Esau’s Lost Hope(AB)
30 Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 He also had made [d]savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and (AC)eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.”
32 And his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?”
So he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
33 Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him—(AD)and indeed he shall be blessed.”
34 When Esau heard the words of his father, (AE)he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me—me also, O my father!”
35 But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”
36 And Esau said, (AF)“Is he not rightly named [e]Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”
37 Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, (AG)“Indeed I have made him your master, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with (AH)grain and wine I have [f]sustained him. What shall I do now for you, my son?”
38 And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice (AI)and wept.
39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:
“Behold, (AJ)your dwelling shall be of the [g]fatness of the earth,
And of the dew of heaven from above.
40 By your sword you shall live,
And (AK)you shall serve your brother;
And (AL)it shall come to pass, when you become restless,
That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”
Jacob Escapes from Esau
41 So Esau (AM)hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, (AN)“The days of mourning for my father [h]are at hand; (AO)then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
42 And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Surely your brother Esau (AP)comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban (AQ)in Haran. 44 And stay with him a (AR)few days, 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 bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in one day?”
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, (AS)“I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; (AT)if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these who are the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
Footnotes
- Genesis 27:4 tasty
- Genesis 27:7 tasty
- Genesis 27:14 tasty
- Genesis 27:31 tasty
- Genesis 27:36 Supplanter or Deceitful, lit. One Who Takes the Heel
- Genesis 27:37 provided support for
- Genesis 27:39 fertility
- Genesis 27:41 are soon here
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