Génesis 27
Reina-Valera 1995
Jacob obtiene la bendición de Isaac
27 Aconteció que cuando Isaac envejeció y sus ojos se oscurecieron quedando sin vista, llamó a Esaú, su hijo mayor, y le dijo:
—¡Hijo mío!
Él respondió:
—Aquí estoy.
2 —Ya soy viejo —dijo Isaac— y no sé el día de mi muerte. 3 Toma, pues, ahora tus armas, tu aljaba y tu arco, y sal al campo a cazarme algo. 4 Hazme un guisado como a mí me gusta; tráemelo y comeré, para que yo te bendiga antes que muera.
5 Rebeca estaba escuchando cuando Isaac hablaba a su hijo Esaú; y se fue Esaú al campo para buscar la caza que había de traer. 6 Entonces Rebeca habló a su hijo Jacob, diciendo:
—Mira, yo he oído a tu padre, que hablaba con tu hermano Esaú diciendo: 7 “Tráeme caza y hazme un guisado, para que coma y te bendiga en presencia de Jehová antes que me muera.” 8 Ahora, pues, hijo mío, obedece a mi voz en lo que te mando. 9 Ve ahora al ganado y tráeme de allí dos buenos cabritos de las cabras, y haré con ellos un guisado para tu padre, como a él le gusta. 10 Tú lo llevarás a tu padre, y él comerá, para que te bendiga antes de su muerte.
11 Pero Jacob dijo a Rebeca, su madre:
—Mi hermano Esaú es hombre velloso, y yo lampiño. 12 Quizá me palpará mi padre; me tendrá entonces por burlador y traeré sobre mí maldición y no bendición.
13 Su madre respondió:
—Hijo mío, sea sobre mí tu maldición; solamente obedece a mi voz: vé y tráemelos.
14 Entonces él fue, los tomó y los trajo a su madre, y su madre hizo un guisado como a su padre le gustaba. 15 Después tomó Rebeca los vestidos de Esaú, su hijo mayor, los más preciosos que ella tenía en casa, y vistió a Jacob, su hijo menor. 16 Luego, con las pieles de los cabritos, cubrió sus manos y la parte de su cuello donde no tenía vello, 17 y puso el guisado y el pan que había preparado en manos de su hijo Jacob.
18 Entonces éste fue a su padre y dijo:
—Padre mío.
Isaac respondió:
—Aquí estoy, ¿quién eres tú, hijo mío?
19 —Yo soy Esaú tu primogénito —respondió Jacob—. He hecho como me dijiste. Levántate ahora, siéntate y come de mi caza, para que me bendigas.
20 Entonces Isaac dijo a su hijo:
—¿Cómo es que la hallaste tan pronto, hijo mío?
Jacob respondió:
—Porque Jehová, tu Dios, hizo que la encontrara delante de mí.
21 Isaac dijo a Jacob:
—Acércate ahora y te palparé, hijo mío, para ver si eres o no mi hijo Esaú.
22 Se acercó Jacob a su padre Isaac, quien lo palpó, y dijo: «La voz es la voz de Jacob, pero las manos, las de Esaú.»
23 Y no lo reconoció, porque sus manos eran vellosas como las manos de Esaú; y lo bendijo.
24 Volvió a preguntar Isaac:
—¿Eres tú mi hijo Esaú?
Jacob respondió:
—Yo soy.
25 Dijo entonces:
—Acércamela, y comeré de la caza de mi hijo, para que yo te bendiga.
Jacob se la acercó, e Isaac comió; le trajo también vino, y bebió. 26 Y le dijo Isaac, su padre:
—Acércate ahora y bésame, hijo mío.
27 Jacob se acercó y lo besó. Olió Isaac el olor de sus vestidos, y lo bendijo, diciendo:
«Mira, el olor de mi hijo,
como el olor del campo que Jehová ha bendecido.
28 Dios, pues, te dé del rocío del cielo
y de los frutos de la tierra,
y abundancia de trigo y de mosto.
29 Sírvante pueblos
y las naciones se inclinen delante de ti.
Sé señor de tus hermanos
y ante ti se inclinen los hijos de tu madre.
Malditos sean los que te maldigan
y benditos los que te bendigan.»
30 Aconteció, luego que Isaac acabó de bendecir a Jacob, y apenas había salido Jacob de delante de su padre Isaac, que Esaú, su hermano, volvió de cazar. 31 E hizo él también un guisado, lo trajo a su padre y le dijo:
—Levántese mi padre y coma de la caza de su hijo, para que me bendiga.
32 Entonces Isaac, su padre, le dijo:
—¿Quién eres tú?
Y él le dijo:
—Yo soy tu hijo, Esaú, tu primogénito.
33 Entonces se estremeció Isaac grandemente, y dijo:
—¿Quién es el que vino aquí, que trajo caza, y me dio y comí de todo antes que tú vinieras? Yo lo bendije, y será bendito.
34 Cuando Esaú oyó las palabras de su padre, lanzó una muy grande y muy amarga exclamación, y le dijo:
—Bendíceme también a mí, padre mío.
35 Éste le dijo:
—Vino tu hermano con engaño y tomó tu bendición.
36 Esaú respondió:
—Bien llamaron su nombre Jacob, pues ya me ha suplantado dos veces: se apoderó de mi primogenitura y ahora ha tomado mi bendición.
Y añadió:
—¿No has guardado bendición para mí?
37 Isaac respondió a Esaú, diciéndole:
—Yo lo he puesto por señor tuyo, y le he dado por siervos a todos sus hermanos; de trigo y de vino lo he provisto; ¿qué, pues, haré por ti ahora, hijo mío?
38 Dijo entonces Esaú a su padre:
—¿No tienes más que una sola bendición, padre mío? ¡Bendíceme también a mí, padre mío!
Y alzó Esaú la voz, y lloró.
39 Entonces Isaac, su padre, habló y le dijo:
«Será tu morada lejos de la tierra fértil
y del rocío que cae de los cielos.
40 De tu espada vivirás,
y a tu hermano servirás;
pero cuando te fortalezcas
sacudirás su yugo de tu cerviz.»
Jacob huye de Esaú
41 Aborreció Esaú a Jacob por la bendición con que su padre lo había bendecido, y dijo en su corazón: «Llegarán los días del luto por mi padre, y yo mataré a mi hermano Jacob.»
42 Fueron dichas a Rebeca las palabras de Esaú, su hijo mayor; y ella envió a llamar a Jacob, su hijo menor, y le dijo:
—Esaú, tu hermano, se consuela pensando en matarte. 43 Ahora, pues, hijo mío, obedece a mi voz: levántate y huye a casa de mi hermano Labán, en Harán, 44 y quédate con él algunos días, hasta que el enojo de tu hermano se mitigue, 45 hasta que se aplaque la ira de tu hermano contra ti y olvide lo que le has hecho; entonces enviaré yo a que te traigan de allá. ¿Por qué seré privada de vosotros dos en un solo día?
46 Luego dijo Rebeca a Isaac:
—Fastidio tengo de mi vida a causa de las hijas de Het. Si Jacob toma mujer de entre las hijas de Het, como éstas, de entre las hijas de esta tierra, ¿para qué quiero la vida?
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
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
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