271When Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could hardly see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son?”
He said to him, “I am here.”
2Isaac said, “Look, I am very old, and I do not know when I am going to die. 3So please take your gear, your quiver, and your bow, and go out to the open country, and get some wild game for me. 4Make me tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me, so that I may eat and I may bless you with all my soul before I die.”
5Rebekah had been listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. After Esau went to the open country to hunt for game and to bring it back, 6Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son and said, “Listen, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother and tell him, 7‘Bring me some wild game and make tasty food for me, that I may eat and give you a blessing from the Lord before my death.’ 8Therefore, my son, obey my voice and do what I am commanding you. 9Go now to the flock, and get me two of the best young goats. I will make them into tasty food for your father, the kind he loves. 10You will bring it to your father, so that he can eat it and bless you before his death.”
11Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “But Esau my brother is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth. 12What if my father touches me? I will be exposed to him as a deceiver, and I will bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”
13His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice, and go get them for me.”
14He went and got them and brought them to his mother. His mother made tasty food, the kind his father loved. 15Rebekah took the good clothing of Esau, her older son, which was with her in the house, and put it on Jacob, her younger son. 16She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and forearms and on the smooth part of his neck. 17She put the tasty food and the bread that she had prepared into the hand of her son Jacob.
18He came to his father and said, “My father?”
He said, “I am here. Who are you, my son?”
19Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please get up, and sit here and eat some of my wild game, so that you may bless me with all your soul.”
20Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?”
He said, “Because the Lord your God gave me success.”
21Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, so that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
22Jacob went close to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's hands. That was why he blessed him. 24But he asked again, “Are you really my son Esau?”
He said, “I am.”
25He said, “Bring it to me, and I will eat some of my son's wild game, so that I may bless you.”
Jacob brought it to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank. 26His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.” 27He came near and kissed him. He smelled his clothing, so he blessed him and said:
Yes, the smell of my son is the smell of the open field
that the Lord has blessed.
28May God give you the dew from the sky,
the richness of the earth,
and plenty of grain and new wine.
29Let 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.
