¹ Когда Исаакъ состарјлся, и притупилось зрјніе очей его, тогда онъ призвалъ старшаго сына своего Исава, и сказалъ ему: сынъ мой! сей отвјтствовалъ: вотъ я!

² Онъ продолжалъ: вотъ я состарјлся. не знаю дня смерти моей.

³ Итакъ возьми теперь орудія твои, колчанъ твой, и лукъ твой, поди въ поле и налови мнј дичи,

⁴ и приготовь мнј похлебку, какъ я люблю, и принеси мнј јсть, дабы благословила тебя душа моя, прежде нежели я умру.

⁵ Ревекка слышала, какъ Исаакъ говорилъ сіе сыну своему Исаву. И когда Исавъ пошель въ поле достать и принесть дичи,

⁶ тогда Ревекка сказала сыну своему Іакову: вотъ я слышала, какъ отецъ твой говорилъ брату твоему Исаву:

⁷ принеси мнј дичи, и приготовь мнј похлебку; я појмъ, и благословлю тебя предъ лицемъ Іеговы, предъ смертію моею.

⁸ Теперь, сынъ мой, послушайся словъ моихъ въ томъ, что я прикажу тебј.

⁹ Поди въ стадо мелкаго скота, возми мнј оттуда два козленка хорошихъ; и я приготовлю изъ нихъ отцу твоему похлебку, какъ онъ любитъ.

¹⁰ А ты понеси отцу твоему, чтобы онъ јлъ, чтобы благословилъ тебя предъ смертію своею.

¹¹ Но Іаковъ сказалъ Ревеккј, матери своей: Исавъ, братъ мой, весь въ волосахъ, а у меня тјло гладко;

¹² можетъ статься, ощупаетъ меня отецъ мой, тогда я буду въ глазахъ его обманщикомъ, и наведу на себя проклятіе, а ее благословеніе.

¹³ На сіе мать отвјчала ему: на мнј пусть будетъ проклятіе твое, сынъ мой, только послушайся словъ моихъ, и поди, принеси мнј.

¹⁴ Тогда онъ пошелъ и взялъ, и принесъ матери своей; и мать его сдјлала похлебку, какъ любилъ отецъ его.

¹⁵ И взяла Ревекка богатую одежду старшаго сына своего Исава, бывшую у ней въ домј, и одјла въ нее младшаго сына своего Іакова;

¹⁶ а руки его и гладкую шею его обложила кожею козлятъ.

¹⁷ И дала приготовленную ею похлебку и хлјбъ въ руки Іакову, сыну своему.

¹⁸ Онъ вошелъ къ отцу своему, и сказалъ: батюшка! Отецъ же сказалъ: я; кто ты, сынъ мой?

¹⁹ Тогда Іаковъ сказалъ отцу своему: я Исавъ, первенецъ твой; я сдјлалъ, какъ ты сказалъ мнј; встань, сядь, и јшь, что я изловилъ, дабы благословила меня душа твоя.

²⁰ Исаакъ спросилъ сына своего: что такъ скоро нашелъ ты, сынъ мой? Онъ отвјчалъ: потому что Іегова Богъ твой послалъ мнј на встрјчу.

²¹ Потомъ Исаакъ сказалъ Іакову: подойди, я ощупаю тебя, сынъ мой, ты ли сынъ мой Исавъ, или нјтъ?

²² Іаковъ подошелъ къ Исааку, отцу своему; а сей ощупалъ его, и сказалъ: голосъ, голосъ Іакова, а руки, руки Исавовы.

²³ И не узналъ его, потому что руки его были, какъ руки Исава, брата его, въ волосахъ, и благословилъ его.

²⁴ Спросилъ вновь: ты ли сынъ мой Исавъ? Онъ отвјчалъ: я.

²⁵ Потомъ Исаакъ сказалъ: подай мнј, я појмъ, что изловилъ ты, сынъ мой, дабы благословила тебя душа моя. Іаковъ подалъ ему, и онъ јлъ; принесъ ему и вина, и онъ пилъ.

²⁶ Наконецъ Исаакъ, отецъ его, сказалъ ему: подойди, поцјлуй меня. сынъ мой.

²⁷ Онъ подошелъ, и поцјловалъ его. И ощутилъ Исаакъ запахъ отъ одежды его, и благословилъ его, говоря: Вотъ, запахъ отъ сына моего, какъ запахъ отъ поля, Которое благословилъ Іегова.

²⁸ Итакъ, да дастъ тебј Богъ росу съ небесъ, и тука земли, И множество хлјба и вина.

²⁹ Да покорствуютъ тебј народы, И да поклонятся тебј племена; Будь господинъ надъ братьями твоими, И да поклонятся тебј сыны матери твоей; Проклинающіе тебя - прокляты; Благословляющіе тебя - благословенны!

³⁰ Какъ скоро совершилъ Исаакъ благословеніе надъ Іаковомъ; и какъ только вышелъ Іаковъ отъ лица Исаака, отца своего, тотчасъ Исавъ, братъ его, пришелъ съ ловли своей.

³¹ Приготовилъ и онъ похлебку, и принесъ отцу своему, и сказалъ отцу своему: встань, батюшка; појшь, что изловилъ сынъ твой, дабы благословила меня душа твоя.

³² Но Исаакъ, отецъ его, сказалъ ему: кто ты? Онъ отвјчалъ: я сынъ твой, первенецъ твой, Исавъ.

³³ Тогда Исаакъ вострепеталъ весьма великимъ трепетомъ, и сказалъ: ктожъ это, который досталъ дичи и принесъ мнј, и я јлъ все, прежде нежели ты пришелъ, и я благословилъ его? Онъ и будетъ благословенъ!

³⁴ Исавъ, выслушавъ слова отца своего, поднялъ громкій и весьма жалостный вопль, и сказалъ отцу своему: родитель мой! благослови и меня!

³⁵ Но онъ сказалъ: братъ твой пришелъ съ хитростію и взялъ благословеніе твое.

³⁶ Тогда Исавъ сказалъ: не даромъ дали ему имя: Іаковъ; онъ запнулъ меня уже два раза; онъ взялъ первородство мое, и вотъ, теперь взялъ благословеніе мое. И говорилъ: неужели ты не оставилъ мнј благословенія?

³⁷ Исаакъ сказалъ въ отвјтъ Исаву: вотъ я поставилъ его господииомъ надъ тобою, и всјхъ братьевъ его отдалъ ему въ рабы; и снабдилъ его хлјбомъ и виномъ: что же я сдјлаю тебј, сынъ мой?

³⁸ Но Исавъ сказалъ отцу своему: неужели, батюшка. одно это у тебя благословеніе? благослови и мена, батюшка! И поднялъ Исавъ вопль, и сталъ плакать.

³⁹ Тогда отвјтствовалъ ему Исаакъ, отецъ его, и сказалъ ему: Вотъ, будетъ въ мјстахъ обитанія твоего тукъ земли, И роса небесная свыше;

⁴⁰ Но ты будешь жить мечемъ твоимъ, И будешь рабомъ брату твоему; Но будетъ время, что ты, воспротивясь, Свергнешь иго его съ выи твоей.

⁴¹ И возненавидјлъ Исавъ Іакова за благословеніе, которымъ благословилъ его отецъ его; и сказалъ Исавъ въ сердцј своемъ: скоро придутъ дни плача по отцј моемъ, тогда я убъю Іакова, брата моего.

⁴² Когда Ревеккј пересказаиы были слова Исава, старшаго сына ея; то она послала, и призвала младшаго сына своего Іакова, и сказала ему: вотъ, Исавъ, братъ твой, грозитъ убить тебя.

⁴³ Итакъ, сынъ мой, послушайся словъ моихъ; встань, бјги къ Лавану, брату моему, въ Харранъ;

⁴⁴ и поживи у него нјсколько времени, пока утолится ярость брата твоего,

⁴⁵ пока пройдетъ гнјвъ брата твоего на тебя, и онъ позабудеть, что ты сдјлалъ ему. Тогда я пошлю, и возьму тебя оттуда. Ибо для чего мнј въ одинъ день лишиться обоихъ васъ?

⁴⁶ Потомъ Ревекка сказала Исааку: мнј жизнь скучна отъ дочерей Хеттейскихъ; если Іаковъ возьметъ жену изъ дочерей Хеттейскихъ, каковы эти, изъ дочерей этой земли; то что мнј и въ жизни?

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?"