1 When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?"
He said to him, "Here I am."
2 He said, "See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my death. 3 Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me venison. 4 Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die."
5 Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6 Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, 7 ‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’ 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you. 9 Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves. 10 You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death."
11 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 12 What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."
13 His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."
14 He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved. 15 Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son. 16 She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck. 17 She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 He came to his father, and said, "My father?"
He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"
19 Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."
20 Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?"
He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave me success."
21 Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."
22 Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, "The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau." 23 He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him. 24 He said, "Are you really my son Esau?"
He said, "I am."
25 He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you."
He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank. 26 His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son." 27 He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said,
"Behold, the smell of my son
is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.
28 God give you of the dew of the sky,
of the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of grain and new wine.
29 Let peoples serve you,
and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers.
Let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you.
Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me."
32 Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?"
He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."
33 Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father."
35 He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing."
36 He said, "Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?"
37 Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?"
38 Esau said to his father, "Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 Isaac his father answered him,
"Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth,
and of the dew of the sky from above.
40 You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother.
It will happen, when you will break loose,
that you will shake his yoke from off your neck."
41 Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
42 The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran. 44 Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away— 45 until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"
46 Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"
1 以撒年老， 眼睛昏花， 看不见东西了； 他把他的大儿子以扫叫了来， 对他说： "我儿啊！ "以扫回答他： "我在这里。"
2 以撒说： "现在我已经老了， 不知道什么时候会死。
3 你现在拿你打猎的用具， 就是你的箭囊和弓， 出到田野去为我打猎。
4 照我所喜欢的， 给我预备美味的食物， 拿来给我吃； 好让我在未死以前给你祝福。"
5 以撒对他儿子以扫说话的时候， 利百加也听见。以扫到田野去打猎， 要带些野味回来。
6 利百加就对她儿子雅各说： "我听见你父亲对你的哥哥以扫这样说：
7 ‘你去为我打些猎物回来， 给我预备美味的食物， 让我吃了， 在我未死以前可以在耶和华面前给你祝福。’
8 我儿啊， 现在你要听我的话， 照着我吩咐你的去作。
9 你快到羊群那里去， 给我牵两只肥嫩的小山羊来， 我要照你父亲所喜欢的， 给他预备美味的食物。
10 然后你要拿去给你父亲吃， 好让他在未死以前给你祝福。"
11 雅各对他的母亲利百加说： "但是哥哥以扫浑身是毛， 而我却是个皮肤光滑的人。
12 万一我父亲摸着我， 必以为我是骗子， 那时我就必自招咒诅， 而不是祝福了。"
13 他母亲对他说： "我儿啊， 愿你所招的咒诅归到我身上吧， 你只管听我的话， 去把羊牵来给我。"
14 他就去把羊羔牵来， 交给他母亲， 他母亲就照他父亲所喜欢的， 预备美味的食物。
15 利百加又把大儿子以扫留在家里最好的衣服拿来， 给她小儿子雅各穿上。
16 又用小山羊的皮， 包在雅各的手上和他颈上光滑的地方。
17 然后， 她把自己所预备美味的食物和饼， 放在她儿子雅各的手里。
18 雅各来到他父亲那里， 说： "我父啊！ "以撒说： "我在这里， 我儿啊， 你是谁？"
19 雅各对他父亲说： "我就是你的长子以扫， 你吩咐我作的， 我已经照样作了。请坐起来， 吃我的猎物， 好给我祝福。"
20 以撒问他的儿子： "我儿啊， 你怎么这样快就猎到了呢？"雅各回答： "因为耶和华你的 神叫我碰着好机会。"
21 以撒对雅各说： "我儿啊， 你上前来， 让我摸摸你， 看看你是不是我的儿子以扫。"
22 雅各就走近他父亲以撒身边， 以撒摸着他， 说： "声音是雅各的声音， 手却是以扫的手。"
23 以撒认不出他来， 因为他的手上有毛， 好像他哥哥以扫的手一样， 于是给他祝福。
24 以撒问： "你真是我的儿子以扫吗？"他回答： "我是。"
25 以撒说： "把食物递给我， 好让我吃我儿子的猎物， 我就给你祝福。"雅各把食物递给他， 他就吃了； 又拿酒给他， 他也喝了。
26 他父亲以撒对他说： "我儿啊， 你上前来， 和我亲嘴。"
27 他就上前和父亲亲嘴； 他父亲一闻到他衣服的香气， 就给他祝福， 说： "看哪， 我儿子的香气， 好像蒙耶和华赐福的田地所发出的香气一样。
28 愿 神赐给你天上的甘露， 地上的沃土， 以及大量五谷和美酒。
29 愿万民服事你， 愿万族向你下拜， 愿你作你兄弟的主人， 愿你母亲的子孙向你下拜。咒诅你的， 愿他受咒诅； 给你祝福的， 愿他蒙福。"
30 以撒给雅各祝福完了， 雅各刚刚从他父亲以撒那里出来的时候， 他哥哥以扫就打猎回来了。
31 他也预备了美味的食物， 拿来给他父亲， 对他说： "请我父起来， 吃你儿子的猎物， 好给我祝福。"
32 他父亲以撒问他： "你是谁？"他回答： "我就是你的长子以扫。"
33 以撒就大大地战兢起来， 说： "那么， 刚才去打猎又拿猎物给我的是谁呢？在你未来以先， 我已经吃了， 又给他祝福了； 他将来必定蒙福。"
34 以扫听了他父亲的话， 就非常痛心， 放声大哭， 对他父亲说： "我父啊， 求你也给我祝福。"
35 以撒说： "你弟弟已经前来， 用诡计把你的祝福夺去了。"
36 以扫说： "他名叫雅各不是很对吗？因为他欺骗了我两次。从前他夺去我的长子名分， 现在他又夺去我的祝福。"以扫又说： "你再没有祝福留给我吗？"
37 以撒回答以扫， 说： "我已经立他作你的主人， 又把他所有的兄弟给了他作仆人， 并且把五谷和美酒供给他了。我儿啊， 我还可以为你作什么呢？"
38 以扫问他的父亲： "我父啊， 你只有一个祝福吗？我父啊， 求你也给我祝福。"以扫就放声大哭。
39 他父亲以撒回答他， 说： "你住的地方必远离地上的沃土， 远离天上的甘露。
40 你必依靠刀剑生活， 你必服事你的弟弟； 到你自由的时候， 你必从你的颈项上挣脱他的轭。"
41 以扫因为他父亲给雅各所祝的福， 就怀恨雅各； 以扫心里想： "为我父亲守丧的时候近了， 到时我必杀我的弟弟雅各。"
42 有人把利百加大儿子以扫所说的话告诉了利百加， 她就派人把她小儿子雅各叫了来， 对他说： "你哥哥以扫想要杀你， 报仇雪恨。
43 我儿啊， 现在你要听我的话； 起来， 逃到哈兰我哥哥拉班那里去吧。
44 与他住些时日， 等到你哥哥的怒气消了。
45 你哥哥对你消了怒气， 忘记了你对他所作的事， 我就派人去把你从那里接回来。我何必在一日之内丧失你们两个呢？"
46 利百加对以撒说： "我因为这些赫人女子， 连性命都厌恶了。如果雅各也从这地的女子中， 娶了像这样的赫人女子为妻， 那我活着还有什么意思呢？"