Genesis 27:1-27

Jacob Obtains Isaac's Blessing

27¹ Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see , that he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son ." And he said to him, "Here I am." ² Isaac said , "Behold now , I am old and I do not know the day of my death . ³ "Now then, please take your gear , your quiver and your bow , and go out to the field and hunt game for me; ⁴ and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love , and bring it to me that I may eat , so that my soul may bless you before I die ." ⁵ Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau . So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home,

⁶ Rebekah said to her son Jacob , "Behold , I heard your father speak to your brother Esau , saying , ⁷ 'Bring me some game and prepare a savory dish for me, that I may eat , and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death .' ⁸ "Now therefore, my son , listen to me as I command you. ⁹ "Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young e goats e from there , that I may prepare them as a savory dish for your father , such as he loves . ¹⁰ "Then you shall bring it to your father , that he may eat , so that he may bless you before his death ." ¹¹ Jacob answered his mother Rebekah , "Behold , Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man . ¹² " Perhaps my father will feel me, then I will be as a deceiver in his sight , and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing ." ¹³ But his mother said to him, "Your curse be on me, my son ; only obey my voice , and go , get them for me." ¹⁴ So he went and got them, and brought them to his mother ; and his mother made savory food such as his father loved . ¹⁵ Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her elder son , which were with her in the house , and put them on Jacob her younger son . ¹⁶ And she put the skins of the young e goats e on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck . ¹⁷ She also gave the savory food and the bread , which she had made , to her son Jacob .

¹⁸ Then he came to his father and said , "My father ." And he said , "Here I am. Who are you, my son ?" ¹⁹ Jacob said to his father , "I am Esau your firstborn ; I have done as you told me. Get up, please , sit and eat of my game , that you may bless me." ²⁰ Isaac said to his son , "How is it that you have it so quickly , my son ?" And he said , " Because the Lord your God caused it to happen to me." ²¹ Then Isaac said to Jacob , "Please come close , that I may feel you, my son , whether you are really my son Esau or not." ²² So Jacob came close to Isaac his father , and he felt him and said , "The voice is the voice of Jacob , but the hands are the hands of Esau ." ²³ He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands ; so he blessed him. ²⁴ And he said , "Are you really my son Esau ?" And he said , "I am." ²⁵ So he said , "Bring it to me, and I will eat of my son's game , that I may bless you." And he brought it to him, and he ate ; he also brought him wine and he drank . ²⁶ Then his father Isaac said to him, "Please come close and kiss me, my son ." ²⁷ So he came close and kissed him; and when he smelled the smell of his garments , he blessed him and said , "See , the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed ;