Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹⁰ Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

¹¹ And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he [is] thy lord -- bow thyself to him,

¹² And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face.

¹³ All glory [is] the daughter of the king within, Of gold-embroidered work [is] her clothing.

¹⁴ In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins -- after her -- her companions, Are brought to thee.

¹⁵ They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.

¹⁶ Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth.

¹⁷ I make mention of Thy name in all generations, Therefore do peoples praise Thee, To the age, and for ever!

¹⁸ And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, `My father;' and he saith, `Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my son?'

¹⁹ And Jacob saith unto his father, `I [am] Esau thy first-born; I have done as thou hast spoken unto me; rise, I pray thee, sit, and eat of my provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.'

²⁰ And Isaac saith unto his son, `What [is] this thou hast hasted to find, my son?' and he saith, `That which Jehovah thy God hath caused to come before me.'

²¹ And Isaac saith unto Jacob, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou [art] he, my son Esau, or not.'

²² And Jacob cometh nigh unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and saith, `The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.'

²³ And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him,

²⁴ and saith, `Thou art he -- my son Esau?' and he saith, `I [am].'

²⁵ And he saith, `Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son's provision, so that my soul doth bless thee;' and he bringeth nigh to him, and he eateth; and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh.

²⁶ And Isaac his father saith to him, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;'

²⁷ and he cometh nigh, and kisseth him, and he smelleth the fragrance of his garments, and blesseth him, and saith, `See, the fragrance of my son [is] as the fragrance of a field which Jehovah hath blessed;

²⁸ and God doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine;

²⁹ peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee [are] cursed, and those who bless thee [are] blessed.'

²¹ In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, `I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee.

²² `All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal [Him].'

²³ And having turned unto the disciples, he said, by themselves, `Happy the eyes that are perceiving what ye perceive;

²⁴ for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.'