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¹İshak yaşlanıp gözleri görmeyecek derecede zayıfladığında, büyük oğlu Esav'ı çağırıp ona, "Oğlum!" dedi; o da, "İşte buradayım" diye yanıt verdi.

²İshak, "Bak, artık yaşlandım" dedi, "Öleceğim günü ise bilmiyorum.

³Şimdi öyleyse teçhizatını, ok kılıfını ve yayını al, kıra çıkıp benim için bir av avla.

⁴Sevdiğim gibi lezzetli yemekler hazırlayıp bana getir ki yiyeyim; öyle ki ölmeden önce canım seni kutsasın."

⁵İshak oğlu Esav'la konuşurken Rebeka onları dinliyordu; Esav ise babası için av avlamak üzere kıra gitti.

⁶Rebeka küçük oğlu Yakup'a şöyle dedi: "Bak, babanın kardeşin Esav'a konuşurken şöyle dediğini duydum:

⁷'Bana bir av getir ve lezzetli yemekler yap; ölmeden önce Rabbin huzurunda yiyip seni kutsayayım.'

⁸Şimdi oğlum, sözümü dinle ve sana buyurduğumu aynen yap.

⁹Sürüye git, oradan bana iki seçme ve körpe oğlak getir; onlardan babanın sevdiği gibi lezzetli yemekler hazırlayayım.

¹⁰Onu babana götürürsün ve yer; böylece ölmeden önce seni kutsar."

¹¹Yakup annesi Rebeka'ya, "Ama kardeşim Esav kıllı bir adam, bense pürüzsüz biriyim" dedi,

¹²"Belki babam beni yoklar; o zaman onun gözünde kendisiyle alay eden biri gibi görünürüm ve üzerime kutsama yerine lanet getiririm."

¹³Annesi ona, "Senin lanetin benim üzerime olsun, oğlum" dedi, "Sen sadece sözümü dinle, git ve oğlakları bana getir."

¹⁴Yakup gidip oğlakları aldı ve annesine getirdi; annesi de babasının sevdiği gibi lezzetli yemekler yaptı.

¹⁵Sonra Rebeka, büyük oğlu Esav'ın evde yanında duran o güzel törensel kaftanını aldı ve küçük oğlu Yakup'a giydirdi.

¹⁶Oğlakların derileriyle de Yakup'un ön kollarını ve boynunun çıplak yerlerini kapladı.

¹⁷Hazırladığı lezzetli yemekleri ve ekmekleri oğlu Yakup'un eline verdi.

¹⁸Yakup babasının yanına varıp, "Baba!" dedi; babası, "İşte buradayım, sen kimsin oğlum?" dedi.

¹⁹Yakup babasına, "Ben senin ilk doğan oğlun Esav'ım" dedi, "Bana söylediğin gibi yaptım; lütfen kalk, otur ve avımdan ye ki canın beni kutsasın."

²⁰İshak oğluna, "Nasıl da bu kadar çabuk buldun, oğlum?" dedi; Yakup, "Tanrın Rab onu önüme çıkardı" diye yanıt verdi.

²¹İshak Yakup'a, "Yaklaş oğlum, seni yoklayayım; gerçekten oğlum Esav mısın, yoksa değil misin anlayayım" dedi.

²²Yakup babası İshak'a yaklaştı; İshak onu yoklayarak, "Ses Yakup'un sesi, ama eller Esav'ın elleri" dedi.

²³Onu tanıyamadı, çünkü elleri kardeşi Esav'ın elleri gibi kıllıydı; böylece onu kutsadı.

²⁴"Sen gerçekten oğlum Esav mısın?" diye sordu; Yakup, "Benim" dedi.

²⁵İshak, "Yemeği bana yaklaştır oğlum, avından yiyeyim de canım seni kutsasın" dedi; Yakup yemeği ona yaklaştırdı, o da yedi; şarap getirdi, içti.

²⁶Babası İshak ona, "Yaklaş ve beni öp, oğlum" dedi.

²⁷Yakup yaklaşıp onu öptü; İshak onun giysilerinin kokusunu alınca onu kutsayarak şöyle dedi: "İşte, oğlumun kokusu, Rabbin kutsadığı verimli bir kırın kokusu gibidir.

²⁸Tanrı sana göğün çiyinden, toprağın bereketinden bol bol tahıl ve yeni şarap versin.

²⁹Uluslar sana kulluk etsin, önderler önünde eğilsin; kardeşinin efendisi ol, annenin oğulları önünde eğilsin; sana lanet eden lanetlensin, seni kutsayan ise kutsansın."

³⁰İshak Yakup'u kutsamayı bitirip Yakup babası İshak'ın huzurundan tam çıkmıştı ki, kardeşi Esav avdan döndü.

³¹Esav da lezzetli yemekler yapıp babasına getirdi; babasına, "Babam kalksın, oğlunun avından yesin ki canın beni kutsasın" dedi.

³²Babası İshak ona, "Sen kimsin?" diye sordu; o da, "Ben senin ilk doğan oğlun Esav'ım" dedi.

³³İshak'ı son derece büyük bir dehşet ve şaşkınlık aldı; "Öyleyse daha sen gelmeden avlanıp bana yemek getiren kimdi?" dedi, "Gelmenden önce hepsinden yedim ve onu kutsadım; o gerçekten kutsanmış olacak."

³⁴Esav babası İshak'ın sözlerini duyunca, son derece acı bir feryatla büyük bir çığlık attı; babasına, "Beni de kutsa lütfen, baba!" dedi.

³⁵Ama İshak, "Kardeşin hileyle gelip senin kutsamanı aldı" dedi.

³⁶Esav, "Ona boşuna Yakup dememişler" dedi, "İşte beni ikinci kez ayağımı kaydırarak aldattı; önce ilk oğulluk hakkımı aldı, şimdi de kutsamamı kapıp gitti." Sonra babasına, "Benim için hiç kutsama saklamadın mı, baba?" diye sordu.

³⁷İshak Esav'a şöyle yanıt verdi: "Bak, onu sana efendi yaptım, bütün kardeşlerini ona kul ettim; onu tahıl ve şarapla destekledim; şimdi senin için ne yapabilirim ki, oğlum?"

³⁸Esav babasına, "Senin tek bir kutsaman mı var, baba?" dedi, "Beni de kutsa lütfen, baba!" İshak'ın içi parçalanırken Esav yüksek sesle hıçkıra hıçkıra ağladı.

³⁹Babası İshak ona şöyle yanıt verdi: "Bak, meskenin toprağın bereketinden ve yukarıdaki göğün çiyinden uzak olacak.

⁴⁰Kılıcınla yaşayacaksın ve kardeşine kulluk edeceksin; ama ne zaman ki onun boyunduruğuna baş kaldırıp onu üzerinden atacaksın, işte o zaman onun boyunduruğunu boynundan çıkarıp atacaksın."

⁴¹Babasının Yakup'a verdiği kutsama yüzünden Esav Yakup'a içten içe kin besliyordu; Esav zihninden, "Babamın yası tutulacak günler yakın; o zaman kardeşim Yakup'u öldüreceğim" diye geçiriyordu.

⁴²Büyük oğlu Esav'ın bu sözleri Rebeka'ya bildirilince, Rebeka haber gönderip küçük oğlu Yakup'u çağırttı; ona, "Bak, kardeşin Esav seni öldürmeyi tasarlayarak seni tehdit ediyor" dedi,

⁴³"Şimdi oğlum, sözümü dinle; kalk, Mezopotamya'ya, Haran'daki kardeşem Laban'ın yanına kaç.

⁴⁴Kardeşinin öfkesi geçene kadar birkaç gün onun yanında kal.

⁴⁵Gazabı senden uzaklaşana ve ona yaptığını unutana dek onun yanında kal; sonra haber gönderip seni oradan getirtirim; neden bir günde ikinizden birden yoksun kalayım?"

⁴⁶Sonra Rebeka İshak'a, "Het oğullarının kızları yüzünden hayatımdan iğrendim" dedi, "Eğer Yakup da bu ülkenin kızlarından, Het kızları gibi bir kadınla evlenirse, yaşamanın ne anlamı kalır?"

¹ΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ δὲ μετὰ τὸ γηράσαι τὸν ᾿Ισαὰκ καὶ ἠμβλύνθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ὁρᾶν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ῾Ησαῦ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν πρεσβύτερον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· υἱέ μου· καὶ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ ἐγώ.

²καὶ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ γεγήρακα καὶ οὐ γινώσκω τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς τελευτῆς μου·

³νῦν οὖν λαβὲ τὸ σκεῦός σου, τήν τε φαρέτραν καὶ τὸ τόξον, καὶ ἔξελθε εἰς τὸ πεδίον καὶ θήρευσόν μοι θήραν

⁴καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα, ὡς φιλῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ἔνεγκέ μοι, ἵνα φάγω, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου πρὶν ἀποθανεῖν με.

⁵Ρεβέκκα δὲ ἤκουσε λαλοῦντος ᾿Ισαὰκ πρὸς ῾Ησαῦ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ. ἐπορεύθη δὲ ῾Ησαῦ εἰς τὸ πεδίον θηρεῦσαι θήραν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ·

⁶Ρεβέκκα δὲ εἶπε πρὸς ᾿Ιακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς, τὸν ἐλάσσω· ἰδέ, ἤκουσα τοῦ πατρός σου λαλοῦντος πρὸς ῾Ησαῦ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου λέγοντος·

⁷ἔνεγκόν μοι θήραν καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα, ἵνα φαγὼν εὐλογήσω σε ἐναντίον Κυρίου πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν με.

⁸νῦν οὖν, υἱέ μου, ἄκουσόν μου, καθὰ ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι.

⁹καὶ πορευθεὶς εἰς τὰ πρόβατα λαβέ μοι ἐκεῖθεν δύο ἐρίφους ἁπαλοὺς καὶ καλούς, καὶ ποιήσω αὐτοὺς ἐδέσματα τῷ πατρί σου, ὡς φιλεῖ,

¹⁰καὶ εἰσοίσεις τῷ πατρί σου καὶ φάγεται, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ σε ὁ πατήρ σου πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτόν.

¹¹εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ πρὸς Ρεβέκκαν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ· ἔστιν ῾Ησαῦ ὁ ἀδελφός μου ἀνὴρ δασύς, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀνὴρ λεῖος·

¹²μή ποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ, καὶ ἔσομαι ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὡς καταφρονῶν καὶ ἐπάξω ἐπ᾿ ἐμαυτὸν κατάραν καὶ οὐκ εὐλογίαν.

¹³εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ· ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἡ κατάρα σου, τέκνον· μόνον ὑπάκουσόν μοι τῆς φωνῆς καὶ πορευθεὶς ἔνεγκέ μοι.

¹⁴πορευθεὶς δὲ ἔλαβε καὶ ἤνεγκε τῇ μητρί, καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ ἐδέσματα, καθὰ ἐφίλει ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁵καὶ λαβοῦσα Ρεβέκκα τὴν στολὴν ῾Ησαῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου τὴν καλήν, ἣ ἦν παρ᾿ αὐτῇ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, ἐνέδυσεν αὐτὴν ᾿Ιακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν νεώτερον

¹⁶καὶ τὰ δέρματα τῶν ἐρίφων περιέθηκεν ἐπὶ τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ γυμνὰ τοῦ τραχήλου αὐτοῦ

¹⁷καὶ ἔδωκε τὰ ἐδέσματα καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους, οὓς ἐποίησεν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ᾿Ιακὼβ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς.

¹⁸καὶ εἰσήνεγκε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ. εἶπε δέ· πάτερ. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ ἐγώ· τίς εἶ σὺ τέκνον;

¹⁹καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιακὼβ τῷ πατρί· ἐγὼ ῾Ησαῦ ὁ πρωτότοκός σου· πεποίηκα καθὰ ἐλάλησάς μοι· ἀναστὰς κάθισον καὶ φάγε ἀπὸ τῆς θήρας μου, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ με ἡ ψυχή σου.

²⁰εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ισαὰκ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ· τί τοῦτο, ὃ ταχὺ εὗρες, ὦ τέκνον; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ὃ παρέδωκε Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐναντίον μου.

²¹εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ισαὰκ τῷ ᾿Ιακώβ· ἔγγισόν μοι καὶ ψηλαφήσω σε, τέκνον, εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου ῾Ησαῦ ἢ οὔ.

²²ἤγγισε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ πρὸς ᾿Ισαὰκ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐψηλάφησεν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν· ἡ μὲν φωνὴ φωνὴ ᾿Ιακώβ, αἱ δὲ χεῖρες χεῖρες ῾Ησαῦ.

²³καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνω αὐτόν· ἦσαν γὰρ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ὡς αἱ χεῖρες ῾Ησαῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ δασεῖαι· καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν

²⁴καὶ εἶπε· σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου ῾Ησαῦ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ἐγώ.

²⁵καὶ εἶπε· προσάγαγέ μοι, καὶ φάγομαι ἀπὸ τῆς θήρας σου, τέκνον, ἵνα εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου. καὶ προσήνεγκεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔφαγε· καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν αὐτῷ οἶνον, καὶ ἔπιε.

²⁶καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ᾿Ισαὰκ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ· ἔγγισόν μοι καὶ φίλησόν με τέκνον.

²⁷καὶ ἐγγίσας ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν, καὶ ὠσφράνθη τὴν ὀσμὴν τῶν ἱματίων αὐτοῦ καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ ὀσμὴ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου ὡς ὀσμὴ ἀγροῦ πλήρους, ὃν εὐλόγησε Κύριος.

²⁸καὶ δῴη σοι ὁ Θεὸς ἀπὸ τῆς δρόσου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς πιότητος τῆς γῆς καὶ πλῆθος σίτου καὶ οἴνου.

²⁹καὶ δουλευσάτωσάν σοι ἔθνη, καὶ προσκυνησάτωσάν σοι ἄρχοντες· καὶ γίνου κύριος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, καὶ προσκυνήσουσί σε οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ πατρός σου. ὁ καταρώμενός σε ἐπικατάρατος, ὁ δὲ εὐλογῶν σε εὐλογημένος.

³⁰Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ παύσασθαι ᾿Ισαὰκ εὐλογοῦντα ᾿Ιακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγένετο, ὡς ἐξῆλθεν ᾿Ιακὼβ ἀπὸ προσώπου ᾿Ισαὰκ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ῾Ησαῦ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἦλθεν ἀπὸ τῆς θήρας.

³¹καὶ ἐποίησε καὶ αὐτὸς ἐδέσματα καὶ προσήνεγκε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἶπε τῷ πατρί· ἀναστήτω ὁ πατήρ μου καὶ φαγέτω ἀπὸ τῆς θήρας τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ με ἡ ψυχή σου.

³²καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ᾿Ισαὰκ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ· τίς εἶ σύ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ υἱός σου ὁ πρωτότοκος ῾Ησαῦ.

³³ἐξέστη δὲ ᾿Ισαὰκ ἔκστασιν μεγάλην σφόδρα καὶ εἶπε· τίς οὖν ὁ θηρεύσας μοι θήραν καὶ εἰσενέγκας μοι; καὶ ἔφαγον ἀπὸ πάντων πρὸ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν σε καὶ εὐλόγησα αὐτόν, καὶ εὐλογημένος ἔσται.

³⁴ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα ἤκουσεν ῾Ησαῦ τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ᾿Ισαάκ, ἀνεβόησε φωνὴν μεγάλην καὶ πικρὰν σφόδρα καὶ εἶπεν· εὐλόγησον δή κἀμέ, πάτερ.

³⁵εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· ἐλθὼν ὁ ἀδελφός σου μετὰ δόλου ἔλαβε τὴν εὐλογίαν σου.

³⁶καὶ εἶπε· δικαίως ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ᾿Ιακώβ· ἐπτέρνικε γάρ με ἰδοὺ δεύτερον τοῦτο· τά τε πρωτοτόκιά μου εἴληφε καὶ νῦν ἔλαβε τὴν εὐλογίαν μου· καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ησαῦ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ· οὐχ ὑπελίπου μοι εὐλογίαν, πάτερ;

³⁷ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ᾿Ισαὰκ εἶπε τῷ ῾Ησαῦ· εἰ κύριον αὐτὸν πεποίηκά σου καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀδελφούς αὐτοῦ πεποίηκα αὐτοῦ οἰκέτας, σίτῳ καὶ οἴνῳ ἐστήριξα αὐτόν, σοὶ δὲ τί ποιήσω, τέκνον;

³⁸εἶπε δὲ ῾Ησαῦ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· μὴ εὐλογία μία σοί ἐστι, πάτερ; εὐλόγησον δὴ κἀμέ, πάτερ. κατανυχθέντος δὲ ᾿Ισαὰκ ἀνεβόησε φωνῇ ῾Ησαῦ καὶ ἔκλαυσεν.

³⁹ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ᾿Ισαὰκ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἰδοὺ ἀπὸ τῆς πιότητος τῆς γῆς ἔσται ἡ κατοίκησίς σου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δρόσου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἄνωθεν.

⁴⁰καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ μαχαίρᾳ σου ζήσῃ καὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου δουλεύσεις· ἔσται δὲ ἡνίκα ἐὰν καθέλῃς, καὶ ἐκλύσῃς τὸν ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου σου.

⁴¹Καὶ ἐνεκότει ῾Ησαῦ τῷ ᾿Ιακὼβ περὶ τῆς εὐλογίας ἧς εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ· εἶπε δὲ ῾Ησαῦ ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ αὐτοῦ· ἐγγισάτωσαν αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ πένθους τοῦ πατρός μου, ἵνα ἀποκτείνω ᾿Ιακὼβ τὸν ἀδελφόν μου.

⁴²ἀπηγγέλη δὲ Ρεβέκκᾳ τὰ ρήματα ῾Ησαῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου, καὶ πέμψασα ἐκάλεσεν ᾿Ιακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν νεώτερον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἰδοὺ ῾Ησαῦ ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἀπειλεῖ σοι τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναί σε·

⁴³νῦν οὖν, τέκνον, ἄκουσόν μου τῆς φωνῆς καὶ ἀναστὰς ἀπόδραθι εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν πρὸς Λάβαν τὸν ἀδελφόν μου εἰς Χαρράν.

⁴⁴καὶ οἴκησον μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας τινάς,

⁴⁵ἕως τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι τὸν θυμὸν καὶ τὴν ὀργὴν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ ἐπιλάθηται ἃ πεποίηκας αὐτῷ. καὶ ἀποστείλασα μεταπέμψομαί σε ἐκεῖθεν, μή ποτε ἀποτεκνωθῶ ἀπὸ τῶν δύο ὑμῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ.

⁴⁶Εἶπε δὲ Ρεβέκκα πρὸς ᾿Ισαάκ· προσώχθικα τῇ ζωῇ μου διὰ τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν υἱῶν Χέτ· εἰ λήψεται ᾿Ιακὼβ γυναῖκα ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῆς γῆς ταύτης, ἵνα τί μοι τὸ ζῆν;

¹AND it came to pass after Isaac was old, that his eyes were dimmed so that he could not see; and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him, My son; and he said, Behold, I [am here].

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

³Now then take the weapons, both thy quiver and thy bow, and go into the plain, and get me venison,

⁴and make me meats, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee, before I die.

⁵And Rebecca heard Isaac speaking to Esau his son; and Esau went to the plain to procure venison for his father.

⁶And Rebecca said to Jacob her younger son, Behold, I heard thy father speaking to Esau thy brother, saying,

⁷Bring me venison, and prepare me meats, that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord before I die.

⁸Now then, my son, hearken to me, as I command thee.

⁹And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for thy father, as he likes.

¹⁰And thou shalt bring them in to thy father, and he shall eat, that thy father may bless thee before he dies.

¹¹And Jacob said to his mother Rebecca, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man.

¹²Peradventure my father may feel me, and I shall be before him as one ill-intentioned, and I shall bring upon me a curse, and not a blessing.

¹³And his mother said to him, On me be thy curse, son; only hearken to my voice, and go and bring [them] me.

¹⁴So he went and took and brought them to his mother; and his mother made meats, as his father liked [them].

¹⁵And Rebecca having taken the fine raiment of her elder son Esau which was with her in the house, put it on Jacob her younger son.

¹⁶And she put on his arms the skins of the kids, and on the bare parts of his neck.

¹⁷And she gave the meats, and the loaves which she had prepared, into the hands of Jacob her son.

¹⁸And he brought [them] to his father, and said, Father; and he said, Behold I [am here]; who art thou, son?

¹⁹And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau thy first-born, have done as thou toldest me; rise, sit, and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

²⁰And Isaac said to his son, What is this which thou hast quickly found? And he said, That which the Lord thy God presented before me.

²¹And Isaac said to Jacob, Draw nigh to me, and I will feel thee, son, if thou art my son Esau or not.

²²And Jacob drew nigh to his father Isaac, and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.

²³And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him,

²⁴and he said, Art thou my son Esau? and he said, I [am].

²⁵And he said, Bring hither, and I will eat of thy venison, son, that my soul may bless thee; and he brought [it] near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank.

²⁶And Isaac his father said to him, Draw nigh to me, and kiss me, son.

²⁷And he drew nigh and kissed him, and smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of an abundant field, which the Lord has blessed.

²⁸And may God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine.

²⁹And let nations serve thee, and princes bow down to thee, and be thou lord of thy brother, and the sons of thy father shall do thee reverence; accursed is he that curses thee, and blessed is he that blesses thee.

³⁰And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing his son Jacob, it even came to pass, just when Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

³¹And he also had made meats and brought them to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

³²And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy first-born son Esau.

³³And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed.

³⁴And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said, Bless, I pray thee, me also, father.

³⁵And he said to him, Thy brother has come with subtlety, and taken thy blessing.

³⁶And he said, Rightly was his name called Jacob, for lo! this second time has he supplanted me; he has both taken my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing; and Esau said to his father, Hast thou not left a blessing for me, father?

³⁷And Isaac answered and said to Esau, If I have made him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants, and have strengthened him with corn and wine, what then shall I do for thee, son?

³⁸And Esau said to his father, Hast thou [only] one blessing, father? Bless, I pray thee, me also, father. And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept.

³⁹And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.

⁴⁰And thou shalt live by thy sword, and shalt serve thy brother; and there shall be [a time] when thou shalt break and loosen his yoke from off thy neck.

⁴¹And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw nigh, that I may slay my brother Jacob.

⁴²And the words of Esau her elder son were reported to Rebecca, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, Esau thy brother threatens thee to kill thee.

⁴³Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into Charran.

⁴⁴And dwell with him certain days, until thy brother's anger

⁴⁵and rage depart from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; and I will send and fetch thee thence, lest at any time I should be bereaved of you both in one day.

⁴⁶And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of the sons of Chet; if Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of this land, wherefore should I live?