Genesis 27
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Stolen Blessing
27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see,(A) he called his elder son Esau and said to him, ‘My son.’
And he answered, ‘Here I am.’
2 He said, ‘Look, I am old and do not know the day of my death. 3 So now take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.(B) 4 Then make me a delicious meal that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I can bless you before I die.’(C)
5 Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac said to his son Esau. So while Esau went to the field to hunt some game to bring in, 6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, ‘Listen! I heard your father talking with your brother Esau. He said, 7 “Bring me game and make a delicious meal for me to eat so that I can bless you in the Lord’s presence before I die.” 8 Now, my son, listen to me and do what I tell you. 9 Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father – the kind he loves. 10 Then take it to your father to eat so that he may bless you before he dies.’
11 Jacob answered Rebekah his mother, ‘Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am a man with smooth skin.(D) 12 Suppose my father touches me. Then I will be revealed to him as a deceiver and bring a curse rather than a blessing on myself.’
13 His mother said to him, ‘Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey me and go and get them for me.’
14 So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother, and his mother made the delicious food his father loved. 15 Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her elder son Esau, which were in the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them. 16 She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck. 17 Then she handed the delicious food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.
18 When he came to his father, he said, ‘My father.’
And he answered, ‘Here I am. Who are you, my son? ’
19 Jacob replied to his father, ‘I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may bless me.’
20 But Isaac said to his son, ‘How did you ever find it so quickly, my son? ’
He replied, ‘Because the Lord your God made it happen for me.’
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, ‘Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau or not? ’
22 So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, ‘The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.’ 23 He did not recognise him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him. 24 Again he asked, ‘Are you really my son Esau? ’
And he replied, ‘I am.’
25 Then he said, ‘Bring it closer to me, and let me eat some of my son’s game so that I can bless you.’ Jacob brought it closer to him, and he ate; he brought him wine, and he drank.
26 Then his father Isaac said to him, ‘Please come closer and kiss me, my son.’ 27 So he came closer and kissed him. When Isaac smelled[a] his clothes, he blessed him and said:
Ah, the smell of my son
is like the smell of a field
that the Lord has blessed.
28 May God give to you –
from the dew of the sky(E)
and from the richness of the land(F) –
an abundance of grain and new wine.(G)
29 May peoples serve you(H)
and nations bow in homage to you.
Be master over your relatives;
may your mother’s sons bow in homage to you.
Those who curse you will be cursed,
and those who bless you will be blessed.(I)
30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and Jacob had left the presence of his father Isaac, his brother Esau arrived from his hunting. 31 He had also made some delicious food and brought it to his father. He said to his father, ‘Let my father get up and eat some of his son’s game, so that you may bless me.’
32 But his father Isaac said to him, ‘Who are you? ’
He answered, ‘I am Esau your firstborn son.’
33 Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably. ‘Who was it then,’ he said, ‘who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it all before you came in, and I blessed him. Indeed, he will be blessed! ’
34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, ‘Bless me too, my father! ’(J)
35 But he replied, ‘Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.’
36 So he said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob?[b](K) For he has cheated me twice now. He took my birthright, and look, now he has taken my blessing.’ Then he asked, ‘Haven’t you saved a blessing for me? ’
37 But Isaac answered Esau, ‘Look, I have made him a master over you, have given him all of his relatives as his servants, and have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son? ’
38 Esau said to his father, ‘Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father! ’ And Esau wept loudly.[c]
39 His father Isaac answered him,
Look, your dwelling place will be
away from the richness of the land,
away from the dew of the sky above.
40 You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you rebel,[d]
you will break his yoke from your neck.
Esau’s Anger
41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart, ‘The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.’
42 When the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she summoned her younger son Jacob and said to him, ‘Listen, your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning to kill you. 43 So now, my son, listen to me. Flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran, 44 and stay with him for a few days until your brother’s anger subsides – 45 until your brother’s rage turns away from you and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose you both in one day? ’
46 So Rebekah said to Isaac, ‘I’m sick of my life because of these Hethite girls.(L) If Jacob marries someone from around here,[e] like these Hethite girls, what good is my life? ’(M)
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?
Бытие 27
Russian New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
Обман Иакова
27 Исаак состарился, и зрение его притупилось настолько, что он стал плохо видеть. Однажды он позвал к себе своего старшего сына Исава и сказал ему: «Сын!»
«Здесь я»,—ответил Исав.
2 Исаак сказал: «Я стар и, наверное, скоро умру! 3 Возьми свой лук и стрелы, пойди в поле и налови мне дичи. 4 Приготовь моё любимое кушанье и дай мне поесть, а затем я благословлю тебя перед смертью». 5 Исав отправился на охоту.
Ревекка слышала, как Исаак говорил всё это своему сыну Исаву, 6 и сказала Иакову: «Я слышала, как твой отец разговаривал с Исавом 7 и повелел ему: „Налови дичи и приготовь мне кушанье, чтобы я мог поесть, и тогда я благословлю тебя перед смертью”. 8 Теперь, сын мой, слушай и делай, что я говорю: 9 пойди туда, где мы держим коз, и принеси мне двух козлят. Я приготовлю из них кушанье, которое любит твой отец, 10 а ты отнесёшь эту еду отцу, и он благословит тебя перед смертью».
11 Но Иаков сказал своей матери Ревекке: «Мой брат Исав покрыт волосами, я же не волосатый. 12 Если отец дотронется до меня, то догадается, что я не Исав, и тогда не благословит меня, а проклянёт за то, что я хотел обмануть его».
13 Ревекка же сказала ему: «Если так случится, я приму вину на себя. Сделай всё, как я говорю: пойди и принеси мне козлят».
14 Иаков пошёл, взял двух козлят и принёс их матери, а мать приготовила их по-особому, как любил его отец. 15 Потом Ревекка взяла одежду, которую любил носить её старший сын Исав, надела её на младшего сына Иакова 16 и, взяв шкуры козлят, обернула ими руки и шею Иакова. 17 Затем она взяла приготовленную еду и дала её Иакову.
18 Иаков же пошёл к отцу и сказал: «Отец».
Отец ответил: «Кто ты, сын мой?»
19 «Я Исав, твой первенец,—ответил отцу Иаков.—Я сделал всё, как ты мне велел. Садись и поешь дичи, которую я для тебя наловил, а потом благословишь меня».
20 Но Исаак спросил сына: «Как это ты так быстро нашёл и убил дичь?»
Иаков ответил: «Господь, Бог твой, помог мне быстро найти дичь».
21 Тогда Исаак сказал Иакову: «Подойди ко мне, я ощупаю тебя, сын мой, чтобы знать, ты ли мой сын Исав».
22 Иаков подошёл к отцу своему Исааку, и тот, ощупав его, сказал: «У тебя голос Иакова, но руки все в волосах, как у Исава». 23 Исаак не узнал Иакова, потому что руки у него были волосатые, как у Исава, и благословил Иакова.
24 Потом он спросил: «Воистину ли ты мой сын Исав?»
«Да, я»,—ответил Иаков.
Благословение Иакова
25 Тогда Исаак сказал: «Принеси мне еду, я поем и благословлю тебя». Иаков дал ему еду, и он поел, потом Иаков дал ему вино, и Исаак выпил его.
26 Исаак сказал Иакову: «Сын, подойди, поцелуй меня». 27 Иаков подошёл к отцу и поцеловал его. Исаак почувствовал запах одежды Исава и благословил его, сказав:
«Запах сына моего словно запах полей,
благословенных Господом.
28 Да пошлёт тебе Господь дожди в изобилии,
чтобы был у тебя хороший урожай и вино.
29 Да служат тебе люди,
и да склонятся перед тобой народы.
Ты будешь править братьями своими,
и сыновья матери твоей склонятся перед тобой,
и будут послушны тебе.
Проклинающий тебя будет проклят,
благословляющий же тебя будет благословен».
«Благословение» Исава
30 Как только Исаак закончил благословлять Иакова и тот ушёл от отца, Исав возвратился с охоты. 31 Приготовив кушанье, которое любил отец, Исав принес его отцу и сказал: «Отец, это я, твой сын, встань и поешь мяса убитой мной для тебя дичи, а потом благословишь меня».
32 Но Исаак спросил: «Кто ты такой?»
«Я—первенец Исав, твой сын»,—ответил Исав.
33 Исаак в гневе затрясся, сказав: «Тогда кто же это приготовил для меня еду и принёс мне её до того, как ты пришёл? Я поел и благословил его, и теперь уже поздно взять обратно моё благословение».
34 Услышав слова Исаака, Исав закричал в гневе и горести и взмолился к отцу: «Тогда благослови и меня тоже, отец!»
35 «Твой брат перехитрил меня, он пришёл и забрал твоё благословение!»—сказал Исаак.
36 «Не зря его зовут Иаковом![a]—сказал Исав.—Он перехитрил меня дважды: сначала отнял у меня право первородства[b], а теперь отнял и моё благословение». Затем Исав спросил отца: «А для меня ты оставил какое-нибудь благословение?»
37 «Слишком поздно,—ответил Исаак.—Я отдал Иакову власть над тобой и сказал ему, что все его братья будут его слугами, и благословил его зерно и вино, и нечего мне больше дать тебе, сын мой!»
38 Но Исав продолжал с рыданиями умолять отца: «Неужели у тебя только одно благословение, отец? Благослови и меня тоже, отец!»
39 И сказал тогда ему Исаак:
«Не жить тебе на хорошей земле,
и не будет у тебя обильных дождей.
40 Тебе придётся бороться за свою жизнь,
и будешь ты рабом брата своего,
но в борьбе обретёшь свободу
и вырвешься из-под его власти!»
41 После этого Исав возненавидел Иакова за то, что тот получил благословение, и решил про себя: «После смерти отца, мы будем оплакивать его, а затем я убью моего брата Иакова».
42 Узнав о том, что Исав задумал убить Иакова, Ревекка послала за Иаковом и сказала ему: «Послушай, твой брат Исав задумал убить тебя. 43 Так вот, сын мой, сделай, как я говорю: мой брат Лаван живёт в Харане, пойди и спрячься у него. 44 Побудь у него некоторое время, пока твой брат не перестанет сердиться. 45 Твой брат скоро забудет о том, что ты ему сделал, и тогда я пошлю за тобой слугу, чтобы ты возвратился, а иначе я в один день потеряю обоих сыновей».
46 Ревекка сказала Исааку: «Твой сын Исав женился на хеттеянках, и это меня очень печалит, потому что они не нашего рода. Если Иаков тоже женится на одной из таких, то к чему мне жить!»
創世記 27
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
27 以撒年老，眼睛昏花，不能看見，就叫了他大兒子以掃來，說：「我兒！」以掃說：「我在這裡。」 2 他說：「我如今老了，不知道哪一天死。 3 現在拿你的器械，就是箭囊和弓，往田野去為我打獵， 4 照我所愛的做成美味，拿來給我吃，使我在未死之先給你祝福。」
5 以撒對他兒子以掃說話，利百加也聽見了。以掃往田野去打獵，要得野味帶來。 6 利百加就對她兒子雅各說：「我聽見你父親對你哥哥以掃說： 7 『你去把野獸帶來，做成美味給我吃，我好在未死之先，在耶和華面前給你祝福。』 8 現在，我兒，你要照著我所吩咐你的，聽從我的話。 9 你到羊群裡去，給我拿兩隻肥山羊羔來，我便照你父親所愛的給他做成美味。 10 你拿到你父親那裡給他吃，使他在未死之先給你祝福。」 11 雅各對他母親利百加說：「我哥哥以掃渾身是有毛的，我身上是光滑的。 12 倘若我父親摸著我，必以我為欺哄人的，我就招咒詛，不得祝福。」 13 他母親對他說：「我兒，你招的咒詛歸到我身上，你只管聽我的話，去把羊羔給我拿來。」 14 他便去拿來交給他母親，他母親就照他父親所愛的做成美味。 15 利百加又把家裡所存大兒子以掃上好的衣服給她小兒子雅各穿上， 16 又用山羊羔皮包在雅各的手上和頸項的光滑處， 17 就把所做的美味和餅交在他兒子雅各的手裡。
雅各欺父
18 雅各到他父親那裡說：「我父親！」他說：「我在這裡，我兒，你是誰？」 19 雅各對他父親說：「我是你的長子以掃。我已照你所吩咐我的行了。請起來坐著，吃我的野味，好給我祝福。」 20 以撒對他兒子說：「我兒，你如何找得這麼快呢？」他說：「因為耶和華你的神使我遇見好機會得著的。」 21 以撒對雅各說：「我兒，你近前來，我摸摸你，知道你真是我的兒子以掃不是。」 22 雅各就挨近他父親以撒，以撒摸著他，說：「聲音是雅各的聲音，手卻是以掃的手。」 23 以撒就辨不出他來，因為他手上有毛，像他哥哥以掃的手一樣，就給他祝福。 24 又說：「你真是我兒子以掃嗎？」他說：「我是。」 25 以撒說：「你遞給我，我好吃我兒子的野味，給你祝福。」雅各就遞給他，他便吃了，又拿酒給他，他也喝了。 26 他父親以撒對他說：「我兒，你上前來與我親嘴。」 27 他就上前與父親親嘴，他父親一聞他衣服上的香氣，就給他祝福，說：「我兒的香氣如同耶和華賜福之田地的香氣一樣。 28 願神賜你天上的甘露、地上的肥土，並許多五穀、新酒。 29 願多民侍奉你，多國跪拜你；願你做你弟兄的主，你母親的兒子向你跪拜。凡咒詛你的，願他受咒詛；為你祝福的，願他蒙福。」
以掃痛哭求父祝福
30 以撒為雅各祝福已畢，雅各從他父親那裡才出來，他哥哥以掃正打獵回來， 31 也做了美味，拿來給他父親，說：「請父親起來，吃你兒子的野味，好給我祝福。」 32 他父親以撒對他說：「你是誰？」他說：「我是你的長子以掃。」 33 以撒就大大地戰兢，說：「你未來之先，是誰得了野味拿來給我呢？我已經吃了，為他祝福，他將來也必蒙福。」 34 以掃聽了他父親的話，就放聲痛哭，說：「我父啊，求你也為我祝福！」 35 以撒說：「你兄弟已經用詭計來將你的福分奪去了。」 36 以掃說：「他名雅各，豈不是正對嗎？因為他欺騙了我兩次。他從前奪了我長子的名分，你看，他現在又奪了我的福分。」以掃又說：「你沒有留下為我可祝的福嗎？」 37 以撒回答以掃說：「我已立他為你的主，使他的弟兄都給他做僕人，並賜他五穀、新酒可以養生。我兒，現在我還能為你做什麼呢？」 38 以掃對他父親說：「父啊，你只有一樣可祝的福嗎？我父啊，求你也為我祝福！」以掃就放聲而哭。 39 他父親以撒說：「地上的肥土必為你所住，天上的甘露必為你所得。 40 你必倚靠刀劍度日，又必侍奉你的兄弟。到你強盛的時候，必從你頸項上掙開他的軛。」
以掃怨恨雅各欲殺之
41 以掃因他父親給雅各祝的福，就怨恨雅各，心裡說：「為我父親居喪的日子近了，到那時候，我要殺我的兄弟雅各。」 42 有人把利百加大兒子以掃的話告訴利百加，她就打發人去，叫了她小兒子雅各來，對他說：「你哥哥以掃想要殺你，報仇雪恨。 43 現在，我兒，你要聽我的話，起來逃往哈蘭我哥哥拉班那裡去， 44 同他住些日子，直等你哥哥的怒氣消了。 45 你哥哥向你消了怒氣，忘了你向他所做的事，我便打發人去把你從那裡帶回來。為什麼一日喪你們二人呢？」
46 利百加對以撒說：「我因這赫人的女子連性命都厭煩了。倘若雅各也娶赫人的女子為妻像這些一樣，我活著還有什麼益處呢？」
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