Genesis 27:1-25

1599 Geneva Bible

27 8 Jacob getteth the blessing from Esau by his mother’s counsel. 38 Esau by weeping moveth his father to pity him. 41 Esau hateth Jacob and threateneth his death. 43 Rebekah sendeth Jacob away.

¹ And 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 answered him, ^[a]I am here.

² Then he said, Behold, I am now old, and know not the day of my death.

³ Wherefore now, I pray thee take thine instruments, thy quiver and thy bow, and get thee to the field, that thou mayest ^[b]take me some venison.

⁴ Then make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it me that I may eat, and that my ^[c]soul may bless thee, before I die.

⁵ (Now Rebekah heard, when Isaac spake to Esau his son) and Esau went into the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

⁶ ¶ Then Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I have heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, saying,

⁷ Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord, afore my death.

⁸ Now therefore, my son, hear my voice in that which I command thee.

^9 [d]Get thee now to the flock, and bring me thence two good kids of the goats, that I may make pleasant meat of them for thy father, such as he loveth.

¹⁰ Then thou shalt bring it to thy father, and he shall eat, to the intent that he may bless thee before his death.

¹¹ But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is rough, and I am smooth.

¹² My father may possibly feel me, and I shall seem ^[e]to him as a ^[f]mocker: so shall I bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

¹³ But his mother said unto him, ^[g][h]Upon me be thy curse, my son: only hear my voice, and go and bring me them.

¹⁴ So he went and set them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made pleasant meat, such as his father loved.

¹⁵ And Rebekah took fair clothes of her elder son Esau, which were in her house, and clothed Jacob her younger son:

¹⁶ And she covered his hands and the smooth of his neck with the skins of the kids of the goats.

¹⁷ Afterward she put the pleasant meat and bread, which she had prepared, in the hand of her son Jacob.

¹⁸ ¶ And when he came to his father, he said, My father. Who answered, I am here: who art thou, my son?

¹⁹ And Jacob said to his father, ^[i]I am Esau thy firstborn, I have done as thou badest me, arise, I pray thee: sit up and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

²⁰ Then Isaac said unto his son, How hast thou found it so quickly my son? Who said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to mine hand.

²¹ Again said Isaac unto Jacob, Come near now, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be that my son Esau, or not.

²² Then Jacob came near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, The ^[j]voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

²³ (For he knew him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esau’s hands: wherefore he blessed him.)

²⁴ Again he said, Art thou that my son Esau? Who answered, ^[k]Yea.

²⁵ Then said he, Bring it me hither, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it to him, and he ate: also he brought him wine, and he drank.