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And it was, that Isaac was··old , and his eyes were dimmed from seeing , and he called Esau his elder ◦ son , and said to▵ him, My son ; and he said to▵ him, Behold me.
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And he said , Behold, I pray◦, I am··old, I know not the day of my death.
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And now carry, I pray◦, thy weapons◦, thy quiver◦, and thy bow , and go ··out to the field , and hunt for me a hunting .
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And make for me savory meats, such as◦ I have loved , and bring to me, and I will eat , so··that◦ my soul may bless thee before◦ I die .
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And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to▵ Esau his son ; and Esau went to the field to hunt for a hunting , to bring it.
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And Rebekah said to▵ Jacob her son , saying, Behold I heard thy father speak to▵ Esau thy brother , saying,
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Bring to me a hunting, and make for me savory meats, and I will eat , and will bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
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And now my son obey my voice , according··to that which I◦ command thee.
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Go now◦ to▵ the flock , and take for me from thence two good kids of the she-goats , and I will make them savory meats for thy father , such as◦ he loves .
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And thou shalt bring to thy father , and he shall eat , in··order that he may bless thee before his death.
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And Jacob said to▵ Rebekah his mother , Behold Esau my brother is a hairy man ◦, and I▵ am a smooth man ◦.
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Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall be in his eyes as one who misleads; and I shall bring upon myself a curse ◦ and not a blessing.
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And his mother said to him, Upon me be thy curse ◦ my son ; only▵ obey my voice , and go , take for me.
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And he went, and took, and brought to his mother ; and his mother made savory meats, such as◦ his father loved .
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And Rebekah took garments of desires of Esau her elder ◦ son that were with◦ her in the house , and clothed Jacob her younger ◦ son .
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And the skins of the kids of the she-goats she caused him to be clothed··with on his hands , and on the smooth of his neck .
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And she gave the savory meats and the bread , which she had made, into the hand of Jacob her son .
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And he came to▵ his father and said , My father ; and he said , Behold me, who art thou◦ my son ?
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And Jacob said to▵ his father , I▵ am Esau thy firstborn ; I have done as◦ thou didst speak to▵ me; arise , I pray◦ thee, sit , and eat of my hunting, so··that◦ thy soul may bless me.
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And Isaac said to▵ his son , How is this that thou made··haste to find it, my son ? And he said , For Jehovah thy God made it happen before me.
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And Isaac said to▵ Jacob , Approach, I pray◦, and I will feel thee my son , whether thou◦ be this my son Esau , or not.
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And Jacob approached Isaac his father , and he felt him, and said , The voice is the voice of Jacob , but the hands are the hands of Esau .
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And he recognized him not, because◦ his hands were hairy like◦ his brother Esau ’s hands ; and he blessed him.
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And he said , Art thou◦ this my son Esau ? And he said , I◦ am.
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And he said , Present it to me, and I will eat of my son ’s hunting, so··that my soul may bless thee; and he presented it to him, and he ate , and he brought to him wine , and he drank .
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And Isaac his father said to▵ him, Approach, I pray◦, and kiss me, my son .
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And he approached, and kissed him, and he smelled the smell of his garments , and blessed him, and said , See , the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah has blessed .
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And God shall give to thee of the dew of the heavens , and of fat things* of the earth , and a multitude of grain and must .*
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Peoples shall serve thee, and nations◦ shall bow ··down themselves to thee. Be thou a master◦ to thy brothers , and let thy mother ’s sons bow ··down themselves to thee; cursed are they who curse thee, and blessed are they who bless thee.
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And it was as◦ Isaac completed blessing Jacob , and Jacob going··out was only▵ just gone··out from◦ the faces of Isaac his father , that Esau his brother came ··in from his hunting.
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And he◦ also made savory meats, and brought to his father , and he said to his father , Let my father arise and eat of the hunting of his son , so··that◦ thy soul may bless me.
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And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou◦? And he said , I◦ am thy son , thy firstborn , Esau .
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And Isaac shuddered◦ with a shuddering◦, even◦ very great , and said , Who then◦ is he◦ that has hunted a hunting , and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before◦ thou camest , and blessed him? Yea◦, and he shall be blessed .
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As Esau heard the words of his father , he cried with a great and even◦ very bitter cry, and said to his father , Bless me, even me◦, my father .
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And he said , Thy brother came with deceit , and has taken thy blessing.
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And he said , Is it not then his name called Jacob ?* And he has supplanted me these two··times◦; he has taken my birthright, and behold now he has taken my blessing. And he said , Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
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And Isaac answered and said to Esau , Behold I have set him a master◦ to thee, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants ; and with grain and must* I have supported him; and what then◦ shall I do for thee, my son ?
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And Esau said to▵ his father , Hast◦ thou but this◦ one blessing , my father ? Bless me, me◦ also, O my father . And Esau lifted ··up his voice , and wept .
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And Isaac his father answered and said to▵ him, Behold of the fat things* of the earth shall be thy dwelling , and of the dew of the heavens from above.
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And upon thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother , and it shall be when▵ thou shalt dominate, that thou shalt pull· his yoke ·off◦ from upon thy neck .
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And Esau hated◦ Jacob on··account··of the blessing with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart , The days of mourning for my father come··near , and I will kill Jacob my brother .
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And the words of Esau her elder ◦ son were··told to Rebekah ; and she sent and called to Jacob her younger ◦ son , and said to▵ him, Behold Esau thy brother comforts himself as··to thee to kill thee.
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And now, my son , obey my voice , and arise , run··away to▵ Laban my brother to▫ Haran .
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And dwell with him some days until thy brother ’s fury turn ··back ,
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until the anger of thy brother turn ··back from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him, and I will send and take thee from thence. Why should I be bereaved even of the two of you in one day ?
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And Rebekah said to▵ Isaac , I loathe my life on··account··of◦ the daughters of Heth ; if Jacob should take a woman of the daughters of Heth as these, of the daughters of the land , why have◦ I lives ?