1 Forsothe Isaac wexe eld, and hise iyen dasewiden, and he miyte not se. And he clepide Esau, his more sone, and seide to hym, My sone! Which answerde, Y am present.2 To whom the fadir seide, Thou seest that Y haue woxun eld, and Y knowe not the dai of my deeth.3 Take thin armeres, arewe caas, and a bowe, and go out; and whanne thou hast take ony thing bi huntyng,4 make to me a seew therof, as thou knowist that Y wole, and brynge that Y ete, and my soule blesse thee bifore that Y die.5 And whanne Rebecca hadde herd this thing, and he hadde go in to the feeld to fille the comaundment of the fadir,6 sche seide to hir sone Jacob, Y herde thi fadir spekynge with Esau, thi brothir, and seiynge to him, Brynge thou me of thin huntyng,7 and make thow metis, that Y ete, and that Y blesse thee bifor the Lord bifor that Y die.8 Now therfor, my sone, assent to my counsels,9 and go to the floc, and brynge to me tweyne the beste kidis, that Y make metis of tho to thi fadir, whiche he etith gladli;10 and that whanne thow hast brouyt in tho metis, and he hath ete, he blesse thee bifore that he die.11 To whom Jacob answerde, Thou knowist that Esau my brother is an heeri man, and Y am smethe; if my fadir touchith and feelith me,12 Y drede lest he gesse that Y wolde scorne him, and lest he brynge in cursyng on me for blessyng.13 To whom the modir seide, My sone, this cursyng be in me; oonly here thou my vois, and go, and brynge that that Y seide.14 He yede, and brouyte, and yaf to his modir. Sche made redi metis, as sche knewe that his fadir wolde,15 and sche clothide Jacob in ful goode clothis of Esau, whiche sche hadde at home anentis hir silf.16 And sche compasside the hondis with litle skynnys of kiddis, and kyuerede the nakide thingis of the necke;17 and sche yaf seew, and bitook the loouys whiche sche hadde bake.18 And whanne these weren brouyt in, he seide, My fadir! And he answerde, Y here; who art thou, my sone?19 And Jacob seide, Y am Esau, thi first gendrid sone. Y haue do to thee as thou comaundist to me; rise thou, sitte, and ete of myn huntyng, that thi soule blesse me.20 Eft Ysaac seide to his sone, My sone, hou miytist thou fynde so soone? Which answerde, It was Goddis wille, that this that Y wolde schulde come soone to me.21 And Isaac seide, My sone, come thou hidir, that Y touche thee, and that Y preue wher thou art my sone Esau, ethir nay.22 He neiyede to the fadir; and whanne he hadde feelid hym, Isaac seide, Sotheli the vois is the vois of Jacob, but the hondis ben the hondis of Esau.23 And Isaac knew not Jacob, for the heery hondis expressiden the licnesse of the more sone.24 Therfor Isaac blesside him, and seide, Art thou my sone Esau? Jacob answerde, Y am.25 And Isaac seide, My sone, brynge thou to me metis of thin huntyng, that my soule blesse thee. And whanne Isaac hadde ete these metis brouyt, Jacob brouyte also wyn to Isaac, and whanne this was drunkun,26 Isaac seide to him, My sone, come thou hidir, and yyue to me a cos.27 Jacob neiyede, and kisside hym; and anoon as Isaac feelide the odour of hise clothis, he blesside him, and seide, Lo! the odour of my sone as the odour of a feeld ful which the Lord hath blessid.