1 And it came to pass when Isaac had become old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, that he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, My son! And he said to him, Here am I.2 And he said, Behold now, I am become old; I know not the day of my death.3 And now, I pray thee, take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field and hunt me venison,4 and prepare me a savoury dish such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, in order that my soul may bless thee before I die.5 And Rebecca heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt venison, to bring it.6 And Rebecca spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak to Esau thy brother, saying,7 Bring me venison, and prepare me a savoury dish, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah, before my death.8 And now, my son, hearken to my voice in that which I command thee.9 Go, I pray thee, to the flock, and fetch me thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make of them a savoury dish for thy father, such as he loves.10 And thou shalt bring {it} to thy father, that he may eat, in order that he may bless thee before his death.11 And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.12 My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall be in his sight as one who mocks {him}, and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing.13 And his mother said to him, On me {be} thy curse, my son! Only hearken to my voice, and go, fetch {them}.14 And he went, and fetched and brought {them} to his mother. And his mother prepared a savoury dish such as his father loved.15 And Rebecca took the clothes of her elder son Esau, the costly ones which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son;16 and she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck;17 and she gave the savoury dishes and the bread that she had prepared into the hand of her son Jacob.18 And he came to his father, and said, My father! And he said, Here am I: who art thou, my son?19 And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn. I have done according as thou didst say to me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.20 And Isaac said to his son, How is it that thou hast found {it} so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God put {it} in my way.21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be really my son Esau or not.22 And Jacob drew near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.23 And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.24 And he said, Art thou really my son Esau? And he said, It is I.25 And he said, Bring {it} near to me, that I may eat of my son's venison, in order that my soul may bless thee. And he brought {it} near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.26 And his father Isaac said to him, Come near, now, and kiss me, my son.27 And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelt the smell of his clothes, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed.28 And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and new wine.29 Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be they that curse thee, And blessed be they that bless thee.30 And it came to pass when Isaac had ended blessing Jacob, and when Jacob was only just gone out from Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came from his hunting.31 And he also had prepared savoury dishes, and he brought {them} in to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.33 Then Isaac trembled with exceeding great trembling, and said, Who was he, then, that hunted venison and brought {it} to me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him; also blessed he shall be.34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me-me also, my father!35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and has taken away thy blessing.36 And he said, Is it not therefore he was named Jacob, for he has supplanted me now twice? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?37 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him-and what can I do now for thee, my son?38 And Esau said to his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me-me also, my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.39 And 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;40 And by thy sword shalt thou live; And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou rovest about, That thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.42 And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebecca. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, comforts himself that he will kill thee.43 And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran;44 and abide with him some days, until thy brother's fury turn away-45 until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; then I will send and fetch thee thence. Why should I be bereaved even of you both in one day?46 And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good should my life do me?

1 Toe Isak oud geword het en sy oë swak was, sodat hy nie kon sien nie, het hy sy oudste seun Esau geroep en vir hom gesê: My seun! En hy het hom geantwoord: Hier is ek!2 Toe sê hy: Kyk tog, ek het oud geword, ek weet die dag van my dood nie.3 Neem dan nou tog jou wapens, jou pylkoker en jou boog, en gaan uit in die veld en jag vir my 'n stuk wild4 en maak vir my lekker ete klaar soos ek dit graag wil hê; en bring dit vir my om te eet; sodat my siel jou kan seën voordat ek sterwe.5 En Rebekka het geluister terwyl Isak met sy seun Esau spreek. En Esau het in die veld gegaan om 'n stuk wild te jag en dit te bring.6 Toe het Rebekka met haar seun Jakob gespreek: Kyk, ek het jou vader met jou broer Esau hoor spreek en sê:7 Bring vir my 'n stuk wild en maak vir my lekker ete, dat ek kan eet en jou kan seën voor die aangesig van die HERE voor my dood.8 My seun, luister dan nou na my, na wat ek jou beveel.9 Loop nou na die kleinvee en gaan haal vir my daar twee mooi bokkies, dat ek jou vader daarvan 'n lekker ete kan maak soos hy dit graag wil hê.10 Dan moet jy dit na jou vader bring, dat hy kan eet; sodat hy jou kan seën voor sy dood.11 Toe sê Jakob vir sy moeder Rebekka: Kyk, my broer Esau is 'n harige man en ek is 'n gladde man.12 Miskien sal my vader my betas, en ek sal in sy oë wees soos 'n spotter; so sou ek dan 'n vloek oor my bring en nie 'n seën nie.13 Maar sy moeder antwoord hom: Laat jou vloek op my wees, my seun! Luister net na my en gaan haal dit vir my.14 Toe het hy dit gaan haal en na sy moeder gebring. En sy moeder het daarvan 'n lekker ete gemaak soos sy vader dit graag wou hê.15 Ook neem Rebekka die beste klere van Esau, haar oudste seun, wat by haar in die huis was, en sy trek dit vir Jakob, haar jongste seun, aan;16 en die velle van die bokkies trek sy oor sy hande en oor die gladdigheid van sy nek,17 en sy gee die lekker ete en die brood wat sy gemaak het, in die hand van Jakob, haar seun.18 Toe kom hy by sy vader en sê: My vader! En hy antwoord: Hier is ek! Wie is jy, my seun?19 En Jakob sê aan sy vader: Ek is Esau, u eersgeborene. Ek het gedoen soos u my beveel het. Rig u tog op, sit en eet van my wildsvleis, dat u siel my kan seën.20 Daarop het Isak aan sy seun gesê: Hoe het jy dit so gou gekry, my seun? En hy antwoord: Omdat die Here u God dit my laat teëkom het.21 En Isak sê vir Jakob: Kom tog nader, dat ek jou kan betas, my seun, of jy waarlik my seun Esau is of nie.22 En Jakob het nader gekom na sy vader Isak, en hy het hom betas en gesê: Die stem is Jakob se stem, maar die hande is Esau se hande.23 Maar hy het hom nie geëien nie, omdat sy hande harig was soos sy broer Esau se hande; en hy het hom geseën.24 Hy het naamlik gevra: Is jy waarlik my seun Esau? En hy het geantwoord: Ja.25 Toe sê hy: Bring dit vir my nader, dat ek van die wildsvleis van my seun kan eet, sodat my siel jou kan seën. En hy het dit vir hom nader gebring, en hy het geëet. Hy het vir hom ook wyn gebring, en hy het gedrink.26 Daarop sê sy vader Isak vir hom: Kom tog nader en soen my, my seun!27 En hy het nader gekom en hom gesoen. Toe ruik hy die geur van sy klere, en hy seën hom en sê: Kyk, die geur van my seun is soos die geur van die veld wat die HERE geseënhet.28 En mag God jou gee van die dou van die hemel en van die vet grond van die aarde en oorvloed van koring en mos.29 Volke sal jou dien, en nasies voor jou neerbuig. Wees 'n heerser oor jou broers, en die seuns van jou moeder moet hulle voor jou neerbuig. Vervloek is hulle wat jou vloek, en geseënd hulle wat jou seën.30 Maar toe Isak Jakob klaar geseënhet en Jakob nog skaars van sy vader Isak af weggegaan het, kom sy broer Esau van die jag af,31 en hy maak ook 'n lekker ete en bring dit na sy vader en sê aan sy vader: Laat my vader hom oprig en eet van die wildsvleis van sy seun, sodat u siel my kan seën.32 En sy vader Isak vra hom: Wie is jy? En hy antwoord: Ek is u seun Esau, u eersgeborene.33 Toe skrik Isak geweldig en sê: Wie is dit dan wat wild gejag en vir my gebring het? En ek het van alles geëet voordat jy gekom het, en hom geseën-- ook sal hy geseënd bly!34 Toe Esau die woorde van sy vader hoor, skreeu hy met 'n baie groot en bitter geroep, en hy sê vir sy vader: Seën my ook, my vader!35 En hy antwoord: Jou broer het gekom met bedrog en jou seën weggeneem.36 Daarop sê hy: Sou hulle hom Jakob noem, omdat hy my nou twee keer onderkruip het? My eersgeboortereg het hy geneem, en daar het hy nou my seën geneem! Verder vra hy: Het u vir my geen seën oorgehou nie?37 Toe antwoord Isak en sê vir Esau: Kyk, ek het hom as heerser oor jou gestel en aan hom al sy broers as dienaars gegee; en ek het hom met koring en mos versorg. Wat kan ek dan nou vir jou doen, my seun?38 Daarop het Esau aan sy vader gevra: Het u net een seën, my vader? Seën my ook, my vader! En Esau het sy stem verhef en geween.39 Toe antwoord sy vader Isak en sê vir hom: Kyk, ver van die vet grond van die aarde sal jou woonplek wees, en ver van die dou van die hemel daarbo.40 En van jou swaard sal jy lewe, en jou broer sal jy dien. Maar as jy jou kragte inspan, sal jy sy juk van jou nek afruk.41 En Esau was Jakob vyandig gesind vanweë die seën waarmee sy vader hom geseënhet, en Esau het in sy hart gedink: Die dae van die rou oor my vader is naby; dan sal ek my broer Jakob doodmaak.42 Maar toe hulle aan Rebekka die woorde van Esau, haar oudste seun, vertel, stuur sy en laat Jakob, haar jongste seun, roep en sê vir hom: Kyk, jou broer Esau sal hom op jou wreek deur jou dood te maak.43 My seun, luister dan nou na my: maak jou klaar, vlug tog na Haran, na my broer Laban,44 en bly 'n rukkie by hom tot die woede van jou broer bedaar,45 tot die toorn van jou broer teen jou bedaar en hy vergeet het wat jy hom aangedoen het. Dan sal ek stuur en jou daar laat haal. Waarom moet ek julle altwee op een dag verloor?46 Verder sê Rebekka vir Isak: Ek is moeg vir my lewe vanweë die dogters van Het. As Jakob 'n vrou neem uit die dogters van Het, soos hulle is, uit die dogters van die land -- waarvoor lewe ek dan?