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Genesis 27
New Living Translation
Genesis 27
New Living Translation
Jacob Steals Esau’s Blessing
27 One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.”
“Yes, Father?” Esau replied.
2 “I am an old man now,” Isaac said, “and I don’t know when I may die. 3 Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me. 4 Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die.”
5 But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild game, 6 she said to her son Jacob, “Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau, 7 ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the Lord’s presence before I die.’ 8 Now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you. 9 Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish. 10 Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”
11 “But look,” Jacob replied to Rebekah, “my brother, Esau, is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth. 12 What if my father touches me? He’ll see that I’m trying to trick him, and then he’ll curse me instead of blessing me.”
13 But his mother replied, “Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and get the goats for me!”
14 So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it. 15 Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob. 16 She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats. 17 Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread.
18 So Jacob took the food to his father. “My father?” he said.
“Yes, my son,” Isaac answered. “Who are you—Esau or Jacob?”
19 Jacob replied, “It’s Esau, your firstborn son. I’ve done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now sit up and eat it so you can give me your blessing.”
20 Isaac asked, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”
“The Lord your God put it in my path!” Jacob replied.
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau.” 22 So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s,” Isaac said. 23 But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob’s hands felt hairy just like Esau’s. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob. 24 “But are you really my son Esau?” he asked.
“Yes, I am,” Jacob replied.
25 Then Isaac said, “Now, my son, bring me the wild game. Let me eat it, and then I will give you my blessing.” So Jacob took the food to his father, and Isaac ate it. He also drank the wine that Jacob served him. 26 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come a little closer and kiss me, my son.”
27 So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally convinced, and he blessed his son. He said, “Ah! The smell of my son is like the smell of the outdoors, which the Lord has blessed!
28 “From the dew of heaven
and the richness of the earth,
may God always give you abundant harvests of grain
and bountiful new wine.
29 May many nations become your servants,
and may they bow down to you.
May you be the master over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
All who curse you will be cursed,
and all who bless you will be blessed.”
30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and almost before Jacob had left his father, Esau returned from his hunt. 31 Esau prepared a delicious meal and brought it to his father. Then he said, “Sit up, my father, and eat my wild game so you can give me your blessing.”
32 But Isaac asked him, “Who are you?”
Esau replied, “It’s your son, your firstborn son, Esau.”
33 Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably and said, “Then who just served me wild game? I have already eaten it, and I blessed him just before you came. And yes, that blessing must stand!”
34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged.
35 But Isaac said, “Your brother was here, and he tricked me. He has taken away your blessing.”
36 Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice.[a] First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven’t you saved even one blessing for me?”
37 Isaac said to Esau, “I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine—what is left for me to give you, my son?”
38 Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.
39 Finally, his father, Isaac, said to him,
“You will live away from the richness of the earth,
and away from the dew of the heaven above.
40 You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you decide to break free,
you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
Jacob Flees to Paddan-Aram
41 From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: “I will soon be mourning my father’s death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob.”
42 But Rebekah heard about Esau’s plans. So she sent for Jacob and told him, “Listen, Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you. 43 So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran. 44 Stay there with him until your brother cools off. 45 When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”
Footnotes
- 27:36 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel” and “deceiver.”
Zanafilla 27
Albanian Bible
Zanafilla 27
Albanian Bible
27 Kur Isaku u plak dhe sytë e tij u dobësuan aq shumë sa nuk shikonte më, ai thirri të birin Esau dhe i tha: "Biri im!".
2 Esau i tha: "Ja ku jam!". Atëherë Isaku i tha: "Ja, unë jam plak dhe nuk e di në ç’ditë kam për të vdekur.
3 Prandaj merr tani armët e tua, kukurën dhe harkun tënd, dil nëpër fushat dhe kap për mua kafshë gjahu;
4 pastaj më përgatit një gjellë të shijshme nga ato që më pëlqejnë dhe sillma, që unë ta ha dhe shpirti im të të bekojë para se të vdes".
5 Tani Rebeka rrinte duke dëgjuar, ndërsa Isaku i fliste birit të tij Esau. Kështu Esau shkoi nëpër fusha për të gjuajtur kafshë të egra për t’ia shpënë të atit.
6 Atëherë Rebeka i foli Jakobit, birit të saj, dhe i tha: "Ja, unë dëgjova babanë tënd që i fliste Esaut, vëllait tënd duke i thënë:
7 "Më sill gjah dhe më përgatit një gjellë të shijshme, që unë ta ha dhe të të bekoj në prani të Zotit, para se të vdes".
8 Prandaj, biri im, bindju zërit tim dhe bëj atë që të urdhëroj.
9 Shko tani në kope dhe më sill dy keca të mirë; unë do të përgatis një gjellë të shijshme për babanë tënd, nga ato që i pëlqejnë atij.
10 Pastaj ti do t’ia çosh babait tënd që ta hajë, dhe kështu ai do të bekojë para se të vdesë".
11 Jakobi i tha Rebekës, nënës së tij: "Ja, vëllai im Esau është leshtor, ndërsa unë e kam lëkurën të lëmuar.
12 Ndofta babai im më prek me dorë; do t’i dukem atij mashtrues dhe do të tërheq mbi vete një mallkim në vend të një bekimi".
13 Por nëna e tij iu përgjegj: "Ky mallkim le të bjerë mbi mua, biri im! Bindju vetëm asaj që të thashë dhe shko të marrësh kecat".
14 Ai vajti pra t’i marrë dhe ia çoi nënës së tij; dhe e ëma përgatiti me to një gjellë të shijshme, nga ato që i pëlqenin babait të tij.
15 Pastaj Rebeka mori rrobat më të bukura të Esaut, birit të saj më të madh, që i mbante në shtëpi pranë vetes, dhe ia veshi Jakobit, birit të saj më të vogël;
16 dhe me lëkurët e kecave veshi duart e tij dhe pjesën e lëmuar të qafës së tij.
17 Pastaj vuri në dorë të Jakobit, birit të saj, gjellën e shijshme dhe bukën që kishte përgatitur.
18 Atëherë ai shkoi tek i ati dhe i tha: "Ati im!". Isaku u përgjegj: "Ja ku jam; kush je ti, biri im?".
19 Atëherë Jakobi i tha babait të tij: "Jam Esau, i parëlinduri yt. Bëra siç më ke thënë. Tani çohu, ulu dhe fillo të hash nga gjahu im, me qëllim që shpirti yt të më bekojë".
20 Por Isaku i tha të birit: "Por si bëre që e gjete kaq shpejt, biri im?". Ai u përgjegj: "Sepse Zoti, Perëndia yt, bëri që të vijë tek unë".
21 Atëherë Isaku i tha Jakobit: "Afrohu dhe lërmë të të prek, biri im, për të ditur nëse je pikërisht biri im Esau ose jo".
22 Dhe kështu Jakobi iu afrua Isakut, babait të tij; dhe mbasi ky e preku me dorë, tha: "Zëri është i Jakobit, por duart janë duart e Esaut".
23 Kështu ai nuk e njohu, sepse duart e tij ishin leshtore ashtu si duart e vëllait të tij Esau; dhe e bekoi.
24 Dhe tha: "A je ti me të vërtetë biri im Esau?". Ai u përgjigj: "Po".
25 Atëherë Isaku i tha: "Më shërbe që të ha nga gjahu i birit tim dhe shpirti im të të bekojë". Kështu Jakobi i shërbeu dhe Isaku hëngri. Jakobi i solli edhe verë dhe ai e piu.
26 Pastaj babai i tij Isaku i tha: "Tani afrohu dhe më puth, biri im".
27 Dhe ai u afrua dhe e puthi. Dhe Isaku ndjeu erën e rrobave të tij dhe e bekoi duke thënë: "Ja, era e tim biri është si era e një fushe, që Zoti e ka bekuar.
28 Perëndia të dhëntë vesën e qiellit dhe pjellorinë e tokës, si edhe bollëkun e grurit dhe të verës.
29 Të shërbefshin popujt dhe kombet u përkulshin para teje. Qofsh pronar i vëllezërve të tu dhe bijtë e nënës sate u përkulshin para teje. I mallkuar qoftë cilido të mallkon, i bekuar qoftë cilido të bekon!".
30 Dhe ndodhi që, pikërisht kur Isaku kishte mbaruar së bekuari Jakobin dhe ky sapo ishte larguar nga prania e të atit Isak, vëllai i tij Esau u kthye nga gjahu.
31 Edhe ai përgatiti një gjellë të shijshme dhe ia shpuri babait të tij dhe i tha: "Çohu ati im dhe ha nga gjahu i birit tënd, me qëllim që shpirti yt të më bekojë".
32 Isaku, babai i tij, i tha: "Kush je ti?". Ai u përgjegj: "Jam Esau, biri yt i parëlindur".
33 Atëherë Isakun e zunë ca të dridhura shumë të forta dhe i tha: "Kush është ai, pra, që gjuajti gjahun dhe ma solli? Unë i hëngra të gjitha para se të vije ti dhe e bekova; dhe i bekuar ka për të mbetur ai".
34 Me të dëgjuar fjalët e të atit, Esau dha një ulurimë të fortë dhe shumë të hidhur. Pastaj i tha të atit: "Bekomë edhe mua, ati im!".
35 Por Isaku iu përgjigj: "Yt vëlla erdhi me mashtrim dhe mori bekimin tënd".
36 Esau i tha: "Jo më kot është quajtur Jakob? Ai ma zuri vendin deri tani dy herë: më hoqi parëbirninë dhe ja tani po merr bekimin tim". Pastaj shtoi: A nuk ke ruajtur një bekim për mua??".
37 Atëherë Isaku u përgjegj dhe i tha Esaut: "Ja, unë e bëra zotrinë tënd dhe i dhashë tërë vëllezërit e tij si shërbëtorë, dhe e pajisa me grurë dhe me verë; ç’mund të bëj për ty, biri im?".
38 Esau i tha babait të tij: "A ke vetëm këtë bekim, ati im? Bekomë edhe mua, o ati im!". Dhe Esau ngriti zërin dhe qau.
39 Isaku, babai i tij, u përgjigj duke i thënë: "Ja, banesa jote do të privohet nga pjelloria e tokës dhe nga vesa që zbret nga lartësia e qiellit.
40 Ti do të jetosh me shpatën tënde dhe do të jesh shërbëtori i vëllait tënd; por do të ndodhë që, kur do të luftosh, do ta thyesh zgjedhën e tij nga qafa jote".
41 Kështu Esau filloi ta urrejë Jakobin për shkak të bekimit që i kishte dhënë i ati, dhe tha në zemër të vet: "Ditët e zisë për babanë po afrohen; atëherë do të vras vëllanë tim Jakobin".
42 Kur i treguan Rebekës fjalët e Esaut, birit të saj më të madh, ajo dërgoi ta thërrasin birin e saj më të vogël, Jakobin, dhe i tha: "Ja, Esau, yt vëlla, ngushëllohet ndaj teje, duke menduar të të vrasë.
43 Prandaj, biri im, bindju fjalëve që të them: Çohu dhe ik shpejt në Haran te Labano, vëllai im;
44 dhe qëndro ca kohë me të, deri sa t’i kalojë zemërimi vëllait tënd,
45 deri sa mëria e vëllait tënd të largohet prej teje dhe ai të harrojë atë që i ke bërë; atëherë do të dërgojë njerëz që të të marrin prej andej. Pse duhet t’ju humbas që të dyve brënda një dite të vetme?".
46 Pastaj Rebeka i tha Isakut: "Jam neveritur nga jeta për shkak të bijave të Hethit. Në rast se Jakobi merr për grua një nga bijat e Hethit, një grua si ato të vendit, ç’më duhet jeta?".
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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