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Genesis 27

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1 When Isaac had grown old and his eyesight was failing, he summoned his older son Esau and said to him, "My son?" And Esau said, "I'm here."

2 He said, "I'm old and don't know when I will die.

3 So now, take your hunting gear, your bow and quiver of arrows, go out to the field, and hunt game for me.

4 Make me the delicious food that I love and bring it to me so I can eat. Then I can bless you before I die."

5 Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau went out to the field to hunt game to bring back,

6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "I just heard your father saying to your brother Esau,

7 ‘Bring me some game and make me some delicious food so I can eat, and I will bless you in the LORD's presence before I die.'

8 Now, my son, listen to me, to what I'm telling you to do.

9 Go to the flock and get me two healthy young goats so I can prepare them as the delicious food your father loves.

10 You can bring it to your father, he will eat, and then he will bless you before he dies."

11 Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, "My brother Esau is a hairy man, but I have smooth skin.

12 What if my father touches me and thinks I'm making fun of him? I will be cursed instead of blessed."

13 His mother said to him, "Your curse will be on me, my son. Just listen to me: go and get them for me."

14 So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made the delicious food that his father loved.

15 Rebekah took her older son Esau's favorite clothes that were in the house with her, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.

16 On his arms and smooth neck she put the hide of young goats,

17 and the delicious food and the bread she had made she put into her son's hands.

18 Jacob went to his father and said, "My father." And he said, "I'm here. Who are you, my son?"

19 Jacob said to his father, "I'm Esau your oldest son. I've made what you asked me to. Sit up and eat some of the game so you can bless me."

20 Isaac said to his son, "How could you find this so quickly, my son?" He said, "The LORD your God led me right to it."

21 Isaac said to Jacob, "Come here and let me touch you, my son. Are you my son Esau or not?"

22 So Jacob approached his father Isaac, and Isaac touched him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the arms are Esau's arms."

23 Isaac didn't recognize him because his arms were hairy like Esau's arms, so he blessed him.

24 Isaac said, "Are you really my son Esau?" And he said, "I am."

25 Isaac said, "Bring some food here and let me eat some of my son's game so I can bless you." Jacob put it before him and he ate, and he brought him wine and he drank.

26 His father Isaac said to him, "Come here and kiss me, my son."

27 So he came close and kissed him. When Isaac smelled the scent of his clothes, he blessed him, "See, the scent of my son is like the scent of the field that the LORD has blessed.

28 May God give you showers from the sky, olive oil from the earth, plenty of grain and new wine.

29 May the nations serve you, may peoples bow down to you. Be the most powerful man among your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Those who curse you will be cursed, and those who bless you will be blessed."

30 After Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and just as Jacob left his father Isaac, his brother Esau came back from his hunt.

31 He too made some delicious food, brought it to his father, and said, "Let my father sit up and eat from his son's game so that you may bless me."

32 His father Isaac said to him, "Who are you?" And he said, "I'm your son, your oldest son, Esau."

33 Isaac was so shocked that he trembled violently. He said, "Who was the hunter just here with game? He brought me food, and I ate all of it before you came. I blessed him, and he will stay blessed!"

34 When Esau heard what his father said, he let out a loud agonizing cry and wept bitterly. He said to his father, "Bless me! Me too, my father!"

35 Isaac said, "Your brother has already come deceitfully and has taken your blessing."

36 Esau said, "Isn't this why he's called Jacob? He's taken me twice now: he took my birthright, and now he's taken my blessing." He continued, "Haven't you saved a blessing for me?"

37 Isaac replied to Esau, "I've already made him more powerful than you, and I've made all of his brothers his servants. I've made him strong with grain and wine. What can I do for you, my son?"

38 Esau said to his father, "Do you really have only one blessing, Father? Bless me too, my father!" And Esau wept loudly.

39 His father Isaac responded and said to him, "Now, you will make a home far away from the olive groves of the earth, far away from the showers of the sky above.

40 You will live by your sword; you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will tear away his harness from your neck."

41 Esau was furious at Jacob because his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, When the period of mourning for the death of my father is over, I will kill my brother.

42 Rebekah was told what her older son Esau was planning, so she summoned her younger son Jacob and said to him, "Esau your brother is planning revenge. He plans to kill you.

43 So now, my son, listen to me: Get up and escape to my brother Laban in Haran.

44 Live with him for a short while until your brother's rage subsides,

45 until your brother's anger at you goes away and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I suffer the loss of both of you on one day?"

46 Rebekah then said to Isaac, "I really loathe these Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women, like the women of this land, why should I go on living?"

The Message Bible MSG

1 When Isaac had become an old man and was nearly blind, he called his eldest son, Esau, and said, "My son." "Yes, Father?"

2 "I'm an old man," he said; "I might die any day now.

3 Do me a favor: Get your quiver of arrows and your bow and go out in the country and hunt me some game.

4 Then fix me a hearty meal, the kind that you know I like, and bring it to me to eat so that I can give you my personal blessing before I die."

5 Rebekah was eavesdropping as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. As soon as Esau had gone off to the country to hunt game for his father,

6 Rebekah spoke to her son Jacob. "I just overheard your father talking with your brother, Esau. He said,

7 'Bring me some game and fix me a hearty meal so that I can eat and bless you with God's blessing before I die.'

8 "Now, my son, listen to me. Do what I tell you.

9 Go to the flock and get me two young goats. Pick the best; I'll prepare them into a hearty meal, the kind that your father loves.

10 Then you'll take it to your father, he'll eat and bless you before he dies."

11 "But Mother," Jacob said, "my brother Esau is a hairy man and I have smooth skin.

12 What happens if my father touches me? He'll think I'm playing games with him. I'll bring down a curse on myself instead of a blessing."

13 "If it comes to that," said his mother, "I'll take the curse on myself. Now, just do what I say. Go and get the goats."

14 So he went and got them and brought them to his mother and she cooked a hearty meal, the kind his father loved so much.

15 Rebekah took the dress-up clothes of her older son Esau and put them on her younger son Jacob.

16 She took the goatskins and covered his hands and the smooth nape of his neck.

17 Then she placed the hearty meal she had fixed and fresh bread she'd baked into the hands of her son Jacob.

18 He went to his father and said, "My father!" "Yes?" he said. "Which son are you?"

19 Jacob answered his father, "I'm your firstborn son Esau. I did what you told me. Come now; sit up and eat of my game so you can give me your personal blessing."

20 Isaac said, "So soon? How did you get it so quickly?" "Because your God cleared the way for me."

21 Isaac said, "Come close, son; let me touch you - are you really my son Esau?"

22 So Jacob moved close to his father Isaac. Isaac 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.

24 he pressed him, "You're sure? You are my son Esau?" "Yes. I am."

25 Isaac said, "Bring the food so I can eat of my son's game and give you my personal blessing." Jacob brought it to him and he ate. He also brought him wine and he drank.

26 Then Isaac said, "Come close, son, and kiss me."

27 He came close and kissed him and Isaac smelled the smell of his clothes. Finally, he blessed him, Ahhh. The smell of my son is like the smell of the open country blessed by God.

28 May God give you of Heaven's dew and Earth's bounty of grain and wine.

29 May peoples serve you and nations honor you. You will master your brothers, and your mother's sons will honor you. Those who curse you will be cursed, those who bless you will be blessed.

30 And then right after Isaac had blessed Jacob and Jacob had left, Esau showed up from the hunt.

31 He also had prepared a hearty meal. He came to his father and said, "Let my father get up and eat of his son's game, that he may give me his personal blessing."

32 His father Isaac said, "And who are you?" "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."

33 Isaac started to tremble, shaking violently. He said, "Then who hunted game and brought it to me? I finished the meal just now, before you walked in. And I blessed him - he's blessed for good!"

34 Esau, hearing his father's words, sobbed violently and most bitterly, and cried to his father, "My father! Can't you also bless me?"

35 "Your brother," he said, "came here falsely and took your blessing."

36 Esau said, "Not for nothing was he named Jacob, the Heel. Twice now he's tricked me: first he took my birthright and now he's taken my blessing." He begged, "Haven't you kept back any blessing for me?"

37 Isaac answered Esau, "I've made him your master, and all his brothers his servants, and lavished grain and wine on him. I've given it all away. What's left for you, my son?"

38 "But don't you have just one blessing for me, Father? Oh, bless me my father! Bless me!" Esau sobbed inconsolably.

39 Isaac said to him, You'll live far from Earth's bounty, remote from Heaven's dew.

40 You'll live by your sword, hand-to-mouth, and you'll serve your brother. But when you can't take it any more you'll break loose and run free.

41 Esau seethed in anger against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him; he brooded, "The time for mourning my father's death is close. And then I'll kill my brother Jacob."

42 When these words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she called her younger son Jacob and said, "Your brother Esau is plotting vengeance against you. He's going to kill you.

43 Son, listen to me. Get out of here. Run for your life to Haran, to my brother Laban.

44 Live with him for a while until your brother cools down,

45 until his anger subsides and he forgets what you did to him. I'll then send for you and bring you back. Why should I lose both of you the same day?"

46 Rebekah spoke to Isaac, "I'm sick to death of these Hittite women. If Jacob also marries a native Hittite woman, why live?"