When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see , he called - his older son Esau and said to him , “ My son. ” “ Here I am , ” (Esau) replied ....
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“ Look , ” said (Isaac) , “ I am now old , and I do not know the day of my death.
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- Take ... your weapons — your quiver and bow — and go out into the field to hunt some game
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Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring to eat , so that I may bless you before I die. ”
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Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told ... his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game (and) bring (it back) ,
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Rebekah said to her son Jacob - , “ Behold , I overheard - your father saying to your brother ... Esau ,
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‘ Bring some game and prepare a tasty dish to eat , so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die. ’
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Now , my son , listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
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Go out ... to the flock and bring ... two choice young goats ... , so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father — the kind he loves.
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Then take it to your father to eat , so that - he may bless you before he dies. ”
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Jacob ... answered his mother Rebekah , “ Look , my brother Esau is a hairy man , but I am ... smooth-skinned.
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What if my father touches me ? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver , and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing. ”
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His mother replied “ Your curse be on me , my son. Just obey my voice and go get them
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So (Jacob) went and got (two goats) and brought them to his mother , who made the tasty food - his father loved.
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And Rebekah - took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau , and she put them on her younger son Jacob -.
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vvv She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
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Then she handed ... her son Jacob the tasty food - and bread - she had made.
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So (Jacob) went to his father and said , “ My father. ” “ Here I am ! ” he answered. “ Which one are you , my son ? ”
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Jacob said to his father , “ I am Esau , your firstborn. I have done as you told me. ... Please ... sit up and eat some of my game , so that you may bless me. ”
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But Isaac asked ... his son , “ How did you ever find it so quickly , my son ? ” “ Because the LORD your God brought (it) to me , ” he replied.
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Then Isaac said to Jacob , “ Please come closer so I can touch you , my son. Are you really my son Esau , or not ? ”
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So Jacob came close to his father Isaac , who touched him and said , “ The voice is the voice of Jacob , but the hands are the hands of Esau. ”
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(Isaac) did not recognize him , because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau ; so he blessed him.
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Again he asked , “ Are you really my son Esau ? ” And he replied , “ I am. ”
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“ Serve said (Isaac) , “ and let me eat some of my son’s game , so that I may bless you. ” Jacob brought it and he ate ; then he brought wine , and he drank.
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Then his father Isaac said to him , “ Please come near and kiss my son. ”
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So he came near and kissed When Isaac smelled - his clothing , he blessed him and said : “ Ah , the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
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May God give the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth — an abundance of grain and new wine.
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May peoples serve you and nations bow down May you be the master of your brothers , and may the sons of your mother bow down May those who curse you be cursed , and those who bless you be blessed. ”
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- As soon as Isaac had finished blessing - (him) ... ... and Jacob ... had left ... his father’s presence ... , his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
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He too made some tasty food , brought it to his father , and said to (him) , “ My father , sit up and eat of your son’s game , so that you may bless me. ”
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But his father Isaac replied “ Who are you ? ” “ I am Esau , your firstborn son , ” he answered.
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Isaac began to tremble violently ... ... ... ... and said , “ Who was it , then , who hunted the game and brought it Before you came in , I ate it all and blessed him — and indeed , he will be blessed ! ”
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When Esau - heard his father’s words , he let out a loud and bitter ... ... cry and said to his father , “ Bless me too , ... O my father ! ”
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But (Isaac) replied , “ Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing. ”
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So (Esau) declared , “ Is he not rightly named ... Jacob ? For he has cheated me ... twice -. He took my birthright , and now he has taken my blessing. ” Then he asked , “ Haven’t you saved a blessing
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But Isaac ... answered Esau : “ Look , I have made your master and given all his relatives as servants ; I have sustained with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you , my son ? ”
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Esau said to his father , “ Do you have only one ... blessing , my father ? Bless me too , ... O my father ! ” Then Esau wept aloud ....
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His father ... ... Isaac answered him : “ Behold , your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land , away from the dew of heaven above.
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You shall live - by the sword and serve ... your brother. But when you rebel , you will tear his yoke from your neck. ”
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Esau - held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing - his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart , “ The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then I will kill - my brother Jacob. ”
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When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah , - she sent for ... her younger son Jacob and told him , “ Look , your brother Esau is consoling himself plotting to kill you.
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So now , my son , obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
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Stay with him for a while ... , until - your brother’s fury subsides —
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until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets - what you have done Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day ? ”
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Then Rebekah said to Isaac , “ I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them , ... ... what good life ? ”
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