And it came to pass, thatwhenIsaac was old, and his eyeswere dim, so that he could not see, he calledEsau his eldest son, and saidunto him, My son: and he saidunto him, Behold, here am I.
And Jacobsaidunto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I havedoneaccording as thoubadest me: arise, I praythee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’svenison, that my soul may blessthee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
And he camenear, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a fieldwhich the LORDhathblessed:
Let peopleservethee, and nations bow down to thee: be lordover thy brethren, and let thy mother’ssons bow down to thee: cursed be every one thatcurseththee, and blessed be he thatblesseththee.
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessingJacob, and Jacob was yet scarcegone out from the presence of Isaac his father, thatEsau his brothercame in from his hunting.
And he also had madesavourymeat, and brought it unto his father, and saidunto his father, Let my fatherarise, and eat of his son’svenison, that thy soul may bless me.
And Isaactrembledveryexceedingly, and said, Who? where is he thathathtakenvenison, and brought it me, and I haveeaten of all beforethoucamest, and haveblessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
And he said, Is not he rightlynamedJacob? for he hathsupplanted me these two times: he tookaway my birthright; and, behold, now he hathtakenaway my blessing. And he said, Hastthou not reserved a blessing for me?
And Isaacanswered and saiduntoEsau, Behold, I havemade him thy lord, and all his brethrenhave I given to him for servants; and withcorn and winehave I sustained him: and whatshall I do now untothee, my son?
And by thy swordshaltthoulive, and shaltserve thy brother; and it shallcome to passwhenthoushalthave the dominion, thatthoushaltbreak his yokefrom off thy neck.
And EsauhatedJacobbecause of the blessingwherewith his fatherblessed him: and Esausaid in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; thenwill I slay my brotherJacob.
And thesewords of Esau her elder son weretold to Rebekah: and she sent and calledJacob her younger son, and saidunto him, Behold, thy brotherEsau, as touchingthee, dothcomforthimself, purposing to killthee.
Until thy brother’sangerturnawayfromthee, and he forgetthatwhichthouhastdone to him: then I willsend, and fetchtheefromthence: why should I be deprivedalso of you both in one day?
And Rebekahsaid to Isaac, I am weary of my lifebecause of the daughters of Heth: if Jacobtake a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as thesewhich are of the daughters of the land, whatgoodshall my life do me?