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Genesis 27
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 27
New American Standard Bible
Jacob’s Deception
27 Now it came about, when Isaac was old and (A)his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his (B)older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.” 2 Then [a](C)Isaac said, “Behold now, I am old and I do not know the day of my death. 3 Now then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and (D)hunt game for me; 4 and prepare a delicious meal for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that (E)my soul may bless you before I die.”
5 Now Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home, 6 (F)Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying, 7 ‘Bring me some game and prepare a delicious meal for me, so that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’ 8 So now, my son, (G)listen to [b]me [c]as I command you. 9 Go now to the flock and [d]bring me two choice [e]young goats from there, so that I may prepare them as a delicious meal for your father, such as he loves. 10 Then you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.” 11 But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “Behold, my brother Esau is a (H)hairy man and I am a smooth man. 12 (I)Perhaps my father will touch me, then I will be like a [f]deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing.” 13 But his mother said to him, “Your curse be on me, my son; only (J)obey my voice, and go, get the goats for me.” 14 So he went and got them, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made a delicious meal such as his father loved. 15 Then Rebekah took the [g]best (K)garments of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob. 16 And she put the skins of the [h]young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. 17 She also gave the delicious meal and the bread which she had made [i]to her son Jacob.
18 Then he came 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. (L)Come now, sit and eat of my game, so that [j](M)you may bless me.” 20 Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “(N)Because the Lord your God made it [k]come to me.” 21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come close, so that (O)I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.” 22 So Jacob came close to his father Isaac, and he touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23 And he did not recognize him, because his hands were (P)hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him. 24 And he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he said, “I am.” 25 So he said, “Bring it to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, that [l](Q)I may bless you.” And he brought it to him, and he ate; he also brought him wine and he drank. 26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come close and kiss me, my son.” 27 So he came close and kissed him; and when he smelled the smell of his garments, he (R)blessed him and said,
“See, (S)the smell of my son
Is like the smell of a field (T)which the Lord has blessed;
28 Now may (U)God give you of the dew of heaven,
And of the (V)fatness of the earth,
And an abundance of grain and new wine;
29 (W)May peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you;
(X)Be master of your brothers,
(Y)And may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
(Z)Cursed be those who curse you,
And blessed be those who bless you.”
The Stolen Blessing
30 Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of his father Isaac, that his brother Esau came in from his hunting. 31 Then he also made a delicious meal, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “(AA)Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that [m](AB)you may bless me.” 32 His father Isaac said to him, “(AC)Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, (AD)your firstborn, Esau.” 33 Then Isaac [n]trembled violently, and said, “(AE)Who then was he who hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate from all of it before you came, and blessed him? (AF)Yes, and he shall be blessed.” 34 When Esau heard the words of his father, (AG)he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me as well, my father!” 35 And he said, “(AH)Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.” 36 Then Esau said, “[o]Is he not rightly named [p](AI)Jacob, for he has betrayed me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37 But Isaac replied to Esau, “Behold, I have made him (AJ)your master, and I have given to him all his relatives [q]as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. 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, me as well, my father.” So Esau raised his voice and (AK)wept.
39 Then (AL)his father Isaac answered and said to him,
“Behold, [r](AM)away from the [s]fertility of the earth shall be your dwelling,
And [t]away from the dew of heaven from above.
40 And by your sword you shall live,
And (AN)you shall serve your brother;
But it shall come about (AO)when you become restless,
That you will [u]break his yoke from your neck.”
41 So Esau (AP)held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said [v]to himself, “(AQ)The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” 42 Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent word and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you. 43 Now then, my son, (AR)obey my voice, and arise, [w]flee to (AS)Haran, to my brother (AT)Laban! 44 Stay with him (AU)a few days, until your brother’s fury [x]subsides, 45 until your brother’s anger [y]against you subsides and he forgets (AV)what you did to him. Then I will send word and get you from there. Why should I lose you both in one day?”
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of [z]living because of (AW)the daughters of Heth; (AX)if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth like these from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
Footnotes
- Genesis 27:2 Lit he
- Genesis 27:8 Lit my voice
- Genesis 27:8 Lit according to what
- Genesis 27:9 Lit take
- Genesis 27:9 Lit kids of goats
- Genesis 27:12 Lit mocker
- Genesis 27:15 Lit desirable; or choice
- Genesis 27:16 Lit kids of the goats
- Genesis 27:17 Lit into the hand of
- Genesis 27:19 Lit your soul
- Genesis 27:20 Lit meet me
- Genesis 27:25 Lit my soul
- Genesis 27:31 Lit your soul
- Genesis 27:33 Lit trembled with a very great trembling
- Genesis 27:36 Or Was he then named Jacob that he has
- Genesis 27:36 Fr Heb verb meaning to seize someone by the heel, and so to betray
- Genesis 27:37 Lit for
- Genesis 27:39 Or of
- Genesis 27:39 Lit fatness
- Genesis 27:39 Or of
- Genesis 27:40 Lit tear off
- Genesis 27:41 Lit in his heart
- Genesis 27:43 Lit flee for yourself
- Genesis 27:44 Lit turns away
- Genesis 27:45 Lit turns away from you
- Genesis 27:46 Lit my life
1 Moseboken 27
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1 Moseboken 27
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Isak välsignar Jakob
27 När Isak hade blivit gammal[a] och hans ögon var så svaga att han inte kunde se, kallade han till sig sin äldste son Esau och sade till honom: ”Min son.” Han svarade honom: ”Jag är här.” 2 Då sade han: ”Jag är gammal och vet inte när jag ska dö. 3 Ta därför dina jaktredskap, ditt koger och din båge, och gå ut i markerna och skjut något vilt åt mig. 4 Laga sedan åt mig något gott som jag tycker om och bär in det till mig, så att jag får äta och sedan välsigna dig innan jag dör.”
5 Rebecka hörde vad Isak sade till sin son Esau. När Esau gick ut i markerna för att skjuta något vilt att ta hem, 6 sade Rebecka till sin son Jakob: ”Lyssna! Jag hörde din far säga till din bror Esau: 7 Skaffa något vilt och laga åt mig något gott som jag kan äta. Sedan ska jag välsigna dig inför Herren innan jag dör. 8 Hör nu på mig, min son, och gör som jag säger. 9 Gå till hjorden och hämta två fina killingar, så ska jag laga något gott av dem åt din far, något som han tycker om. 10 Den ska du bära in till din far så att han får äta den och sedan välsigna dig innan han dör.”
11 (A) Men Jakob sade till sin mor Rebecka: ”Min bror Esau är ju hårig, och jag är slät. 12 Tänk om far rör vid mig? Då blir jag en bedragare i hans ögon och drar förbannelse över mig i stället för välsignelse.” 13 Men hans mor sade till honom: ”Den förbannelsen får komma över mig, min son. Hör bara vad jag säger och gå och hämta killingarna åt mig.”
14 Då gick han och hämtade dem och tog dem till sin mor, och hon lagade en god rätt som hans far tyckte om. 15 Sedan tog Rebecka fram sin äldste son Esaus högtidskläder, som hon hade inne hos sig, och satte dem på sin yngste son Jakob. 16 Med skinnen från killingarna täckte hon över hans händer och den bara delen av hans hals. 17 Sedan gav hon sin son Jakob den goda rätten och brödet som hon hade gjort i ordning.
18 Han gick in till sin far och sade: ”Far.” Han svarade: ”Vad vill du? Vem är du, min son?” 19 Jakob sade till sin far: ”Jag är Esau, din förstfödde. Jag har gjort som du sade till mig. Sätt dig upp och ät av mitt vilt, så att du kan välsigna mig.” 20 Men Isak sade till sin son: ”Hur kunde du finna det så snart, min son?” Han svarade: ”Herren din Gud sände det i min väg.”
21 Då sade Isak till Jakob: ”Kom hit, min son, och låt mig få röra vid dig och känna om du är min son Esau eller inte.” 22 Jakob gick då fram till sin far Isak, och han rörde vid honom och sade: ”Rösten är Jakobs, men händerna är Esaus.” 23 Han kände inte igen honom, för händerna var håriga som hans bror Esaus händer. Han tänkte nu välsigna honom, 24 men så frågade han: ”Är du verkligen min son Esau?” Han svarade: ”Ja.” 25 Då sade han: ”Bär hit maten, min son, så att jag kan äta av viltet och välsigna dig.”
Jakob bar fram den till honom och han åt. Och han räckte honom vin och han drack. 26 Sedan sade hans far Isak till honom: ”Kom hit och kyss mig, min son.” 27 När han då gick fram och kysste honom, kände han lukten av hans kläder. Han välsignade honom och sade:
”Doften av min son
är som doften av en mark
som Herren har välsignat.
28 Gud ska ge dig av himlens dagg
och av jordens fruktbarhet,
säd och vin i riklig mängd.
29 (B) Folk ska tjäna dig
och folkslag falla ner för dig.
Var en herre över dina bröder,
din mors söner
ska falla ner för dig.
Förbannad den som förbannar dig
och välsignad
den som välsignar dig!”
Esau ber om Isaks välsignelse
30 När Isak hade gett Jakob sin välsignelse och Jakob just hade gått ut från honom, kom hans bror Esau hem från jakten. 31 Också han lagade en god rätt och bar in den till sin far och sade: ”Nu kan far sätta sig upp och äta av sin sons vilt och sedan välsigna honom.” 32 Hans far Isak frågade honom: ”Vem är du?” Han svarade: ”Jag är Esau, din förstfödde.”
33 Då blev Isak mycket förskräckt och sade: ”Vem var då jägaren som kom med sitt vilt till mig? Jag åt av allt innan du kom och jag välsignade honom. Välsignad kommer han också att bli.” 34 När Esau hörde vad hans far sade, ropade han högt och bittert: ”Far, välsigna mig också!” 35 Men han svarade: ”Din bror kom med svek och tog din välsignelse.” 36 (C) Då sade Esau: ”Heter han inte Jakob![b] Och nu har han bedragit mig två gånger! Han tog min förstfödslorätt och nu tog han min välsignelse också.”
Och han frågade: ”Har du ingen välsignelse kvar för mig?” 37 Isak sade då till Esau: ”Se, jag har satt honom till herre över dig och gett honom alla hans bröder till tjänare, och försett honom med säd och vin. Vad ska jag då göra för dig, min son?” 38 (D) Esau sade till sin far: ”Var det den enda välsignelse du hade, far? Välsigna mig också, far!” Och han började storgråta. 39 Då svarade hans far Isak honom:
”Se, fjärran från jordens fruktbarhet
ska din boning vara,
och utan dagg från himlen där ovan.
40 (E) Av ditt svärd ska du leva
och din bror ska du tjäna.
Men när du blir rastlös[c]
ska du slita hans ok[d]
från din nacke.”
Jakob flyr till Harran
41 Esau fylldes av hat mot Jakob på grund av välsignelsen som hans far hade gett Jakob. Han sade till sig själv: ”Snart kommer tiden då vi ska sörja vår far. Då ska jag döda min bror Jakob.”
42 När det berättades för Rebecka vad hennes äldre son Esau hade sagt, skickade hon efter sin yngre son Jakob och sade till honom: ”Din bror Esau tänker hämnas på dig och döda dig. 43 (F) Så lyssna nu, min son, på mig! Fly till min bror Laban i Harran 44 och stanna hos honom en tid tills din brors vrede har lagt sig. 45 (G) När din bror inte är arg på dig längre och han har glömt vad du gjort mot honom, då ska jag skicka bud och hämta dig därifrån. Varför skulle jag mista er båda[e] på en och samma dag?”
46 (H) Sedan sade Rebecka till Isak: ”Jag är trött på livet på grund av de hetitiska kvinnorna[f]. Om Jakob tar sig en hustru bland landets kvinnor, en hetitiska som dessa, vad ska jag då leva för?”
Footnotes
- 27:1 När Isak hade blivit gammal Ca 137 år gammal, 1929 f Kr (jfr 35:28 med not).
- 27:36 Heter han inte Jakob! Namnet betyder ”bedrar” (jfr 25:26 med not).
- 27:40 blir rastlös Annan översättning: ”gör dig fri”.
- 27:40 ok Arbetssele av trä, en vanlig bild för underordning (jfr 1 Kung 12:4, Jes 9:4).
- 27:45 mista er båda Den ene genom mord, den andre genom det påföljande straffet: döden (9:6) eller förvisning (4:12). Jfr 2 Sam 14:6f.
- 27:46 de hetitiska kvinnorna T ex Esaus två hustrur (26:34). Blandäktenskap med hedningar var ett hot mot tron på Abrahams Gud (24:3, 28:6, 2 Mos 34:16, 4 Mos 25, 5 Mos 7:3f).
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.
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