¹ Kad Isak ostare i oči mu potamneše, te ne videše, dozva Isava starijeg sina svog, i reče mu: Sine! A on odgovori: Evo me.

² Tada reče: Evo ostareo sam, ne znam kad ću umreti;

³ Uzmi oružje svoje, tul i luk, i izađi u planinu, te mi ulovi lov;

⁴ I zgotovi mi jelo po mojoj volji, i donesi mi da jedem, pa da te blagoslovi duša moja dok nisam umro.

⁵ A Reveka ču šta Isak reče sinu svom Isavu. I Isav otide u planinu da ulovi lov i donese.

⁶ A Reveka reče Jakovu, sinu svom govoreći: Gle, čuh oca tvog gde govori s Isavom, bratom tvojim i reče:

⁷ Donesi mi lov, i zgotovi jelo da jedem, pa da te blagoslovim pred Gospodom dok nisam umro.

⁸ Nego sada, sine, poslušaj me šta ću ti kazati.

⁹ Idi sada k stadu i donesi dva dobra jareta, da zgotovim ocu tvom jelo od njih, kako rado jede.

¹⁰ Pa ćeš uneti ocu da jede i da te blagoslovi dok nije umro.

¹¹ A Jakov reče Reveci materi svojoj: Ali je Isav brat moj rutav, a ja sam gladak;

¹² Može me opipati otac, pa će se osetiti da sam ga hteo prevariti, te ću navući na se prokletstvo mesto blagoslova.

¹³ A mati mu reče: Neka prokletstvo tvoje, sine padne na mene; samo me poslušaj, i idi i donesi mi.

¹⁴ Tada otišavši uze i donese materi svojoj; a mati njegova zgotovi jelo kako jeđaše rado otac njegov.

¹⁵ Pa onda uze Reveka najlepše haljine starijeg sina svog, koje behu u nje kod kuće, i obuče Jakova mlađeg sina svog.

¹⁶ I jarećim kožicama obloži mu ruke i vrat gde beše gladak.

¹⁷ I dade Jakovu sinu svom u ruke jelo i hleb što zgotovi.

¹⁸ A on uđe k ocu svom i reče: Oče. A on odgovori: Evo me; koji si ti, sine?

¹⁹ I Jakov reče ocu svom: Ja, Isav tvoj prvenac; učinio sam kako si mi rekao; digni se, posadi se da jedeš lov moj, pa da me blagoslovi duša tvoja.

²⁰ A Isak reče sinu svom: Kad brže nađe, sine? A on reče: Gospod Bog tvoj dade, te izađe preda me.

²¹ Tada reče Isak Jakovu: Hodi bliže, sine da te opipam jesi li sin moj Isav ili ne.

²² I pristupi Jakov k Isaku ocu svom, a on ga opipa, pa reče: Glas je Jakovljev, ali ruke su Isavove.

²³ I ne pozna ga, jer mu ruke behu kao u Isava brata njegovog rutave: Zato ga blagoslovi;

²⁴ I reče mu: Jesi li ti sin moj Isav? A on odgovori: Ja sam.

²⁵ Tada reče: A ti daj, sine, da jedem lov tvoj, pa da te blagoslovi duša moja. I dade mu, te jede; pa mu donese i vino te pi.

²⁶ Potom Isak, otac njegov reče mu: Hodi sine, celivaj me.

²⁷ I on pristupi i celiva ga; a Isak oseti miris od haljina njegovih, i blagoslovi ga govoreći: Gle, miris sina mog kao miris od polja koje blagoslovi Gospod.

²⁸ Bog ti dao rose nebeske, i dobre zemlje i pšenice i vina izobila!

²⁹ Narodi ti služili i plemena ti se klanjala! Bio gospodar braći svojoj i klanjali ti se sinovi matere tvoje! Proklet bio koji tebe usproklinje, a blagosloven koji tebe uzblagosilja!

³⁰ A kad Isak blagoslovi Jakova, i Jakov otide ispred Isaka oca svog, u taj čas dođe Isav brat njegov iz lova.

³¹ Pa zgotovi i on jelo i unese ocu svom, i reče mu: Ustani, oče, da jedeš šta ti je sin ulovio, pa da me blagoslovi duša tvoja.

³² A Isak otac njegov reče mu: Ko si ti? A on reče: Ja, sin tvoj, prvenac tvoj Isav.

³³ Tada se prepade Isak, i reče: Ko? Da gde je onaj koji ulovi i donese mi lova, i od svega jedoh pre nego ti dođe, i blagoslovih ga? On će i ostati blagosloven.

³⁴ A kad ču Isav reči oca svog, vrisnu glasno i ožalosti se veoma, i reče ocu svom: Blagoslovi i mene, oče.

³⁵ A on mu reče: Dođe brat tvoj s prevarom, i odnese tvoj blagoslov.

³⁶ A Isav reče: Pravo je što mu je ime Jakov, jer me većdrugom prevari. Prvenaštvo mi uze, pa eto sada mi uze i blagoslov. Potom reče: Nisi li i meni ostavio blagoslov?

³⁷ A Isak odgovori, i reče Isavu: Eto sam ga postavio tebi za gospodara; i svu braću njegovu dadoh mu da mu budu sluge; pšenicom i vinom ukrepih ga; pa šta bih sada tebi učinio, sine?

³⁸ I Isav reče ocu svom: Eda li je samo jedan blagoslov u tebe, oče? Blagoslovi i mene, oče. I stade glasno plakati Isav.

³⁹ A Isak otac njegov odgovarajući reče mu: Evo, stan će ti biti na rodnoj zemlji i rosi nebeskoj ozgo.

⁴⁰ Ali ćeš živeti od mača svog, i bratu ćeš svom služiti; ali će doći vreme, te ćeš pošto se naplačeš skršiti jaram njegov s vrata svog.

⁴¹ I Isav omrze ljuto na Jakova radi blagoslova, kojim ga blagoslovi otac, i govoraše u srcu svom: Blizu su žalosni dani oca mog, tada ću ubiti Jakova brata svog.

⁴² I kazaše Reveci reči Isava sina njenog starijeg, a ona poslavši dozva Jakova mlađeg sina svog, i reče mu: Gle, Isav brat tvoj teši se time što hoće da te ubije.

⁴³ Nego, sine, poslušaj šta ću ti kazati; ustani i beži k Lavanu bratu mom u Haran.

⁴⁴ I ostani kod njega neko vreme dokle prođe srdnja brata tvog,

⁴⁵ Dokle se gnev brata tvog odvrati od tebe, te zaboravi šta si mu učinio; a onda ću ja poslati da te dovedu odande. Zašto bih ostala bez obojice vas u jedan dan?

⁴⁶ A Isaku reče Reveka: Omrzao mi je život radi ovih Hetejaka. Ako se Jakov oženi Hetejkom, kakvom između kćeri ove zemlje, na šta mi život?

¹ It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."

² He said, "See now, I am old. I don't know the day of my death.

³ Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.

⁴ Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die."

⁵ Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

⁶ Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

⁷ 'Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.'

⁸ Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.

⁹ Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good young goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.

¹⁰ You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death."

¹¹ Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

¹² What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."

¹³ His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."

¹⁴ He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

¹⁵ Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.

¹⁶ She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.

¹⁷ She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

¹⁸ He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"

¹⁹ Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."

²⁰ Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave me success."

²¹ Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."

²² Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He 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 hands. So he blessed him.

²⁴ He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He said, "I am."

²⁵ He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you." He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

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

²⁷ He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, "Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.

²⁸ God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

²⁹ Let 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."

³⁰ It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

³¹ He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me."

³² Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."

³³ Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."

³⁴ When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father."

³⁵ He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing."

³⁶ He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"

³⁷ Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and new wine have I sustained him. What then will I do for you, my son?"

³⁸ Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

³⁹ Isaac his father answered him, "Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.

⁴⁰ By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck."

⁴¹ Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."

⁴² The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.

⁴³ Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.

⁴⁴ Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away;

⁴⁵ until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"

⁴⁶ Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"