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)
Génesis 27
La Palabra (España)
Ciclo de Jacob (27—36)
Isaac bendice a Jacob y Esaú
27 Isaac era ya anciano y sus ojos se habían nublado tanto que ya no veía. Entonces llamó a Esaú, su hijo mayor, y le dijo:
— ¡Hijo mío!
Él respondió:
— Aquí estoy.
2 Continuó Isaac:
— Como ves, ya soy un anciano y cualquier día me puedo morir. 3 Quiero que vayas al monte con tu arco y tus flechas y me traigas algo de caza. 4 Después me lo guisas como a mí me gusta y me lo traes para que me lo coma, pues deseo darte mi bendición antes de morir.
5 Pero Rebeca había estado escuchando lo que Isaac le decía a su hijo Esaú y, en cuanto este salió al monte a cazar algo para su padre, 6 ella llamó a su hijo Jacob y le dijo:
— Según acabo de escuchar, tu padre le ha pedido a tu hermano Esaú 7 que cace un animal y se lo traiga para hacerle un guiso como a él le gusta, y después le dará su bendición delante del Señor antes de morir. 8 Así que ahora, hijo mío, haz lo que te mando. 9 Vete al rebaño y tráeme dos de los mejores cabritos. Yo prepararé a tu padre un guiso como a él le gusta 10 y tú se lo llevarás para que coma; y así te dará su bendición antes de morir.
11 Pero Jacob replicó a Rebeca, su madre:
— Sabes que mi hermano Esaú es velludo y yo soy lampiño. 12 Si resulta que mi padre llega a palparme y descubre que soy un impostor, me acarrearé maldición en lugar de bendición.
13 Su madre le dijo:
— Caiga sobre mí esa maldición, hijo mío. Tú haz lo que te digo y tráeme esos cabritos.
14 Jacob fue en busca de los cabritos, se los llevó a su madre y ella preparó el guiso como a su padre le gustaba. 15 Después Rebeca tomó la ropa de su hijo mayor Esaú, el mejor vestido que guardaba en casa, y se lo vistió a Jacob, su hijo menor. 16 Con la piel de los cabritos le cubrió las manos y la parte lampiña del cuello, 17 y puso en las manos de su hijo Jacob el guiso y el pan que había preparado.
18 Jacob entró adonde estaba su padre y le dijo:
— ¡Padre!
Isaac respondió:
— Aquí estoy. ¿Quién eres tú, hijo mío?
19 Jacob dijo:
— Soy Esaú, tu primogénito. Ya hice lo que me pediste. Ven, incorpórate para comer de lo que he cazado, y después me darás tu bendición.
20 Isaac dijo a su hijo:
— ¡Qué pronto has encontrado caza!
Jacob respondió:
— El Señor tu Dios me la puso al alcance.
21 Pero Isaac le dijo:
— Acércate, hijo mío, deja que te palpe para saber si de veras eres o no mi hijo Esaú.
22 Y Jacob se acercó a Isaac, su padre, que palpándolo dijo:
— La voz es la de Jacob, pero las manos son de Esaú. 23 Así que no lo reconoció porque sus manos eran velludas como las de su hermano Esaú. Ya se disponía a bendecirlo 24 cuando volvió a preguntarle:
— ¿Eres tú de verdad mi hijo Esaú?
Jacob contestó:
— Lo soy.
25 Entonces su padre le dijo:
— Sírveme de lo que has cazado, hijo mío, para que coma, y te daré mi bendición.
Jacob sirvió de comer a su padre, y comió; también le sirvió vino, y bebió. 26 Después Isaac, su padre, le dijo:
— Acércate ahora, hijo mío, y bésame.
27 Cuando Jacob se acercó para besarlo, Isaac le olió la ropa. Entonces lo bendijo con estas palabras:
“El aroma de mi hijo
es como el aroma de un campo
que el Señor ha bendecido.
28 Que Dios te conceda del cielo el rocío,
y de la tierra una abundante cosecha
de vino y de trigo.
29 Que tengas pueblos por vasallos
y naciones se inclinen ante ti.
Que seas señor de tus hermanos
y ante ti se postren los hijos de tu madre.
¡Maldito sea quien te maldiga,
y quien te bendiga, bendito sea!”.
30 Apenas había terminado Isaac de bendecir a Jacob y de salir este de donde estaba su padre, cuando volvió de cazar Esaú, su hermano. 31 Preparó también Esaú un guiso, se lo llevó a su padre y le dijo:
— Levántate, padre, come de esto que ha cazado tu hijo y dame tu bendición.
32 Su padre Isaac le preguntó:
— ¿Quién eres tú?
Él respondió:
— Soy Esaú, tu hijo primogénito.
33 Isaac se estremeció sobremanera y exclamó:
— Entonces ¿quién es el que fue a cazar y me lo trajo y comí de todo antes de que tú llegaras? Le di mi bendición, y bendecido quedará.
34 Al oír Esaú las palabras de su padre, lanzó un grito atroz, lleno de amargura, y le suplicó:
— ¡Dame tu bendición a mí también, padre!
35 Pero Isaac le respondió:
— Ha venido tu hermano con engaños y te ha robado tu bendición.
36 Esaú exclamó:
— ¡Con razón le pusieron el nombre de Jacob! Ya van dos veces que me ha hecho trampa; primero me quitó mi primogenitura, y ahora me ha arrebatado mi bendición. ¿No te queda otra bendición para mí?
37 Isaac le respondió:
— Mira, lo he puesto por señor tuyo y he declarado siervos suyos a todos sus hermanos. Le he provisto de vino y trigo, ¿qué puedo hacer ya por ti, hijo mío?
38 Pero Esaú insistió:
— ¿Es que sólo tienes una bendición, padre? ¡Bendíceme también a mí, padre mío!
Y Esaú se puso a llorar y a dar grandes gritos.
39 Entonces Isaac, su padre, le dijo:
Vivirás lejos de la tierra fértil,
lejos del rocío del cielo.
40 Vivirás de tu espada
y a tu hermano servirás.
Pero cuando te rebeles,
lograrás quitar su yugo de tu cuello.
41 Desde entonces Esaú guardó un profundo rencor hacia su hermano por la bendición que le había dado su padre, y se decía: “No está lejos el día en que hagamos duelo por la muerte de mi padre; después de eso, mataré a mi hermano Jacob.”
42 Alguien contó a Rebeca lo que Esaú, su hijo mayor, estaba tramando; así que mandó llamar a Jacob, el hijo menor, y le dijo:
— Mira, tu hermano Esaú quiere matarte para vengarse de ti. 43 Créeme, hijo mío, debes huir en seguida a Jarán, a casa de mi hermano Labán. 44 Quédate con él por algún tiempo, hasta que se apacigüe la furia de tu hermano. 45 Cuando ya se haya calmado y olvide lo que le has hecho, entonces te mandaré aviso para que vuelvas. ¡No quiero perderos a los dos el mismo día!
46 Luego Rebeca dijo a Isaac:
— Estas nueras hititas me están amargando la vida. Como Jacob se case también con una de esas hititas, con una nativa de este país, ¡más me valdría morir!
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
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