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 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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