1And it was when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim from seeing, and he called Esau his firstborn son and said to him, "My son," and he said to him, "Here I am."2He said, "Look, I have grown old. I do not know the day of my death."3And now please take your utensils—your quiver and your bow—and go out to the field and hunt game for me.4And make delicacies for me as I have loved, and bring them to me, and I will eat so that my nephesh may bless you before I die.5And Rebekah heard the words of Isaac to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game to bring.6And Rebekah said to Jacob her son, "Behold, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,"7"Bring me game and make me delicacies, and I will eat and bless you before the LORD before my death."8And now, my son, listen to my voice, to what I command you.9Go now to the flock and take for me from there two good kids of goats, and I will make them delicacies for your father, just as he loves.10You shall bring it to your father, and he shall eat it so that he may bless you before his death.11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man."12Perhaps my father will touch me, and I will be in his eyes as one deceiving, and I will bring a curse upon me, not a divine blessing.13And his mother said to him, "Upon me be your curse, my son; only obey my voice and go, take for me."14He went and took them and came to his mother, and his mother made dishes just as his father loved.15And Rebekah took the desirable garments of Esau her firstborn son, which were in the house, and she put them on Jacob her younger son.16She clothed him with the skins of the goat kids on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.17She put the savory dishes and the bread that she had made into the hand of Jacob her son.18He came to his father and said, "Father." He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"19Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please rise, sit, and eat some of my game, so that your vital life force may bless me."20And Isaac said to his son, "What is this? You hurried to find it, my son." And he said, "Because the LORD your God caused it to happen before me."21And Isaac said to Jacob, "Come here now, and I will feel you, my son—are you my son Esau or not?"22And Jacob drew near to Isaac his father, and he touched him and said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, and the hands are the hands of Esau."23And he did not recognize him because his hands were like the hands of Esau his brother, hairy, and he blessed him.24He said, "Are you my son Esau?" He said, "I am."25He said, "Serve it to me, and I will eat some of my son's game so that my soul may bless you." Jacob approached him and he ate. He brought wine to him and he drank.26Isaac his father said to him, "Please come near and give me a drink, my son."27He drew near and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, "See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed."28May God give you dew from the heavens and fatness of the land, and much grain and new wine.29Peoples shall serve you, and nations shall bow down to you. Be lord over your brother, and the sons of your mother shall bow down to you. Cursed be one who curses you, and blessed be one who blesses you.30And it was as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came from his hunting.31He also made dishes and came to his father and said to his father, "Let my father arise and eat from his son's hunt so that your nephesh may bless me."32Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."33And Isaac trembled with a great trembling, exceedingly. And he said, "Who then is he who hunted the hunt and brought it to me? And I ate from all of it before you came, and I blessed him. Also, he will be blessed."34When Esau heard his father's words, he cried out with a great and bitter cry, exceedingly, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me, my father."35And he said, "Your brother came in by deceit and took your blessing."36He said, "Is it because he called his name Jacob that he has Jacobed me these two times? He took my firstborn, and behold, now he has taken my blessing." He said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"37Isaac answered and said to Esau, "Look, I have set him as master over you, and I have given all his brothers to him as servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So now, what shall I do, my son?"38And Esau said to his father, "Do you have only one blessing left, my father? Bless me too, my father." And Esau lifted his voice and wept.39Isaac his father answered and said to him, "Look, your dwelling will be from the fatness of the land, and from the dew of heaven from above."40You shall live by your sword, and you shall serve your brother. But when you roam free, you will break his yoke from off your neck.