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
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?
Genesis 27
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Binasbasan ni Isaac si Jacob
27 Matandang matanda na si Isaac at halos hindi na makakita. Isang araw, tinawag niya ang panganay niyang anak na si Esau. Sinabi niya, “Anak.” Sumagot si Esau, “Narito po ako ama.” 2 Sinabi ni Isaac, “Matanda na ako at hindi magtatagal ay mamamatay na ako. 3 Mabuti pang kunin mo ang pana mo. Pumunta ka sa bukid at mangaso ka para sa akin. 4 Pagkatapos, ipagluto mo ako ng paborito kong pagkain at dalhin mo agad ito para makakain ako. At babasbasan kita bago ako mamatay.”
5 Nakikinig pala si Rebeka habang kausap ni Isaac si Esau. Kaya nang pumunta si Esau sa bukid para mangaso, 6 kinausap ni Rebeka ang anak niyang si Jacob, “Narinig ko ang sinabi ng iyong ama kay Esau na 7 mangaso at agad siyang ipagluto ng paborito niyang pagkain. Sapagkat bago raw siya mamatay babasbasan niya si Esau sa presensya ng Panginoon. 8 Kaya anak, sundin mo ang iuutos ko sa iyo: 9 Pumunta ka sa mga hayop natin at kumuha ka ng dalawang matabang batang kambing, at ipagluluto ko ang iyong ama ng paborito niyang pagkain. 10 Pagkatapos, dalhin mo ito sa kanya para basbasan ka niya bago siya mamatay.”
11 Pero sinabi ni Jacob sa kanyang ina, “Alam naman po ninyo na balbon si Esau at ako namaʼy hindi. 12 Baka hawakan po ako ni ama at malaman niyang niloloko ko lang siya at sumpain po niya ako sa halip na basbasan.”
13 Sumagot si Rebeka, “Anak, ako ang mananagot kung susumpain ka niya, basta gawin mo lang ang iniuutos ko sa iyo. Lumakad ka na at dalhan mo ako ng kambing.”
14 Kaya kumuha si Jacob ng dalawang kambing at dinala niya sa kanyang ina, at niluto ni Rebeka ang paboritong pagkain ni Isaac. 15 Pagkatapos, kinuha niya ang pinakamagandang damit ni Esau na nasa bahay nila at ipinasuot kay Jacob. 16 Nilagyan niya ng balat ng kambing ang braso ni Jacob pati ang leeg nito na hindi balbon. 17 Pagkatapos, ibinigay niya kay Jacob ang pagkain at ang tinapay na niluto niya.
18 Dinala iyon ni Jacob sa kanyang ama at sinabi, “Ama!”
Sinabi ni Isaac, “Sino ka ba anak ko?” 19 Sumagot si Jacob, “Ako po si Esau, ang panganay nʼyong anak. Nagawa ko na po ang iniutos ninyo sa akin. Bumangon po kayo at kumain ng pinangaso ko para mabasbasan nʼyo po ako.”
20 Sinabi ni Isaac, “Anak, paano mo ito nahuli agad?” Sumagot si Jacob, “Tinulungan po ako ng Panginoon na inyong Dios.”
21 Sinabi ni Isaac, “Lumapit ka sa akin anak ko para mahawakan kita kung ikaw nga talaga si Esau.”
22 Kaya lumapit si Jacob, at hinawakan siya ng kanyang ama at sinabi, “Ang boses mo ay parang kay Jacob pero ang braso mo ay parang kay Esau.” 23 Hindi nakilala ni Isaac si Jacob, dahil ang braso niya ay balbon din katulad ng kay Esau.
Bago niya basbasan si Jacob, 24 nagtanong pa siya, “Ikaw ba talaga si Esau?”
Sumagot si Jacob, “Opo, ako nga po.”
25 Sinabi ni Isaac, “Sige nga, dalhin mo rito ang niluto mo mula sa pinangaso mo, at pagkatapos kong kumain ay babasbasan kita.”
Kayaʼt binigyan siya ni Jacob ng makakain at maiinom, at kumain siya at uminom. 26 Pagkatapos, sinabi ni Isaac sa kanya, “Lumapit ka sa akin, anak, at hagkan mo ako.”
27 Lumapit si Jacob sa kanya at hinagkan ang kanyang ama. Nang maamoy ni Isaac ang damit nito, binasbasan niya agad si Jacob na nagsasabi,
“Ang amoy ng aking anak ay katulad ng amoy ng bukid na binasbasan ng Panginoon.
28 Nawaʼy bigyan ka ng Dios ng lupaing masagana ang ani na palaging may hamog na biyaya niya,[a] para maging sagana ang pagkain at katas ng inumin mo.
29 Nawaʼy magpasakop at maglingkod sa iyo ang maraming tao.
Nawaʼy maghari ka sa mga kamag-anak mo at magpasakop sila sa iyo.
Nawaʼy ang sumusumpa sa iyo ay susumpain din,
at ang magpapala sa iyo ay pagpapalain din.”
Nagmakaawa si Esau na Basbasan din Siya
30 Pagkatapos basbasan ni Isaac si Jacob, lumakad agad si Jacob. Kaaalis lang niya ay dumating naman agad si Esau mula sa pangangaso. 31 Nagluto rin siya ng masarap na pagkain at dinala niya sa kanyang ama. Sinabi niya, “Ama, bumangon po kayo at kumain ng pinangaso ko para mabasbasan po ninyo ako.” 32 Nagtanong si Isaac sa kanya, “Sino ka?” Sumagot siya, “Ako po si Esau, ang panganay nʼyong anak.” 33 Nang marinig ito ni Isaac, nanginig siya at sinabi, “Sino kaya ang unang nangaso at nagdala rito sa akin ng pagkain? Katatapos ko lang kainin iyon nang dumating ka. Ibinigay ko na sa kanya ang aking basbas at hindi ko na iyon mababawi.”
34 Pagkarinig nito ni Esau, umiyak siya nang labis. Sinabi niya, “Ama, basbasan nʼyo rin po ako!”
35 Pero sumagot si Isaac, “Niloko ako ng nakababatang kapatid mo at nakuha na niya ang basbas ko na para sana sa iyo.”
36 Sinabi ni Esau, “Pangalawang beses na ito na niloko niya ako. Kaya pala Jacob[b] ang pangalan niya. Kinuha na niya ang karapatan ko bilang panganay at ngayon, kinuha pa niya ang basbas na para sa akin.” Pagkatapos, nagtanong siya, “Ama, wala na po bang natitirang basbas na para sa akin?”
37 Sumagot si Isaac, “Ginawa ko na siya na maging iyong amo at ginawa ko rin ang lahat ng kamag-anak niya na maging mga alipin niya. Ibinigay ko na sa kanya ang saganang pagkain at inumin. Kaya ano pa ang maibibigay ko para sa iyo anak?”
38 Nagmakaawa pa si Esau sa kanyang ama, “Ama, wala na po bang kahit isang basbas? Basbasan nʼyo rin po ako.” At patuloy ang kanyang paghagulgol.
39 Sinabi ni Isaac sa kanya,
“Hindi aani ng sagana ang lupaing titirhan mo,
at palagi itong walang hamog na biyaya ng Dios.
40 Palagi kang makikipaglaban,
at maglilingkod ka sa iyong kapatid.
Pero kung lalaban ka sa kanya,
makakalaya ka sa kanyang kapangyarihan.”
41 Kinapootan ni Esau si Jacob dahil sa basbas na ibinigay ng kanyang ama kay Jacob. Sinabi ni Esau sa kanyang sarili, “Malapit nang mamatay si ama; kapag namatay na siya, papatayin ko si Jacob.”
42 Pero nabalitaan ni Rebeka ang balak ni Esau, kaya ipinatawag niya si Jacob at sinabi, “Ang kuya mong si Esau ay balak kang patayin para mawala ang galit niya sa iyo. 43 Kaya makinig ka sa sasabihin ko: Tumakas ka at pumunta sa Haran, doon sa kapatid kong si Laban. 44 Doon ka muna hanggang mawala ang galit ng iyong kuya, 45 at makalimutan na niya ang iyong ginawa sa kanya. Ipapasundo na lang kita roon kapag hindi na siya galit sa iyo. Hindi ko hahayaang mawala kayong dalawa sa akin, baka isang araw magpatayan kayo.”
Pinapunta ni Isaac si Jacob kay Laban
46 Ngayon, sinabi ni Rebeka kay Isaac, “Nagsasawa na ako sa buhay ko dahil sa mga asawang Heteo ni Esau. Kung ang magiging asawa ni Jacob ay taga-rito rin lang na isang babaeng Heteo mabuti pang mamatay na lang ako.”
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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