¹ 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.

² And he said, Behold, I pray^◦, I am·​·old, I know not the day of my death.

³ And now carry, I pray^◦, thy weapons^◦, thy quiver^◦, and thy bow, and go·​·out to the field, and hunt for me a hunting.

⁴ 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.

⁵ And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to^▵ Esau his son; and Esau went to the field to hunt for a hunting, to bring it.

⁶ And Rebekah said to^▵ Jacob her son, saying, Behold I heard thy father speak to^▵ Esau thy brother, saying,

⁷ Bring to me a hunting, and make for me savory meats, and I will eat, and will bless thee before Jehovah before my death.

⁸ And now my son obey my voice, according·​·to that which I^◦ command thee.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ And thou shalt bring to thy father, and he shall eat, in·​·order that he may bless thee before his death.

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

¹² 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.

¹³ And his mother said to him, Upon me be thy curse^◦ my son; only^▵ obey my voice, and go, take for me.

¹⁴ And he went, and took, and brought to his mother; and his mother made savory meats, such as^◦ his father loved.

¹⁵ And Rebekah took garments of desires of Esau her elder^◦ son that were with^◦ her in the house, and clothed Jacob her younger^◦ son.

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ And she gave the savory meats and the bread, which she had made, into the hand of Jacob her son.

¹⁸ And he came to^▵ his father and said, My father; and he said, Behold me, who art thou^◦ my son?

¹⁹ 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.

²⁰ 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.

²¹ And Isaac said to^▵ Jacob, Approach, I pray^◦, and I will feel thee my son, whether thou^◦ be this my son Esau, or not.

²² 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.

²³ And he recognized him not, because^◦ his hands were hairy like^◦ his brother Esau’s hands; and he blessed him.

²⁴ And he said, Art thou^◦ this my son Esau? And he said, I^◦ am.

²⁵ 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.

²⁶ And Isaac his father said to^▵ him, Approach, I pray^◦, and kiss me, my son.

²⁷ 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.

²⁸ 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.^*

²⁹ 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.

³⁰ 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.

³¹ 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.

³² And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou^◦? And he said, I^◦ am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.

³³ 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.

³⁴ 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.

³⁵ And he said, Thy brother came with deceit, and has taken thy blessing.

³⁶ 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?

³⁷ 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?

³⁸ 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.

³⁹ 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.

⁴⁰ 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.

⁴¹ 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.

⁴² 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.

⁴³ And now, my son, obey my voice, and arise, run·​·away to^▵ Laban my brother to^▫ Haran.

⁴⁴ And dwell with him some days until thy brother’s fury turn·​·back,

⁴⁵ 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?

⁴⁶ 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?

¹ And it was, after these words^*, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is·​·sick; and he took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

² And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph comes to^▵ thee; and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed^◦.

³ And Jacob said to^▵ Joseph, God^◦ Shaddai was seen by me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

⁴ and He said to^▵ me, Behold I will make· thee ·fruitful, and will cause thee to be multiplied, and will give thee for an assembly of peoples; and I will give this land to thy seed after thee for an eternal possession^◦.

⁵ And now thy two sons, who were·​·born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came to^▵ thee into Egypt, they^◦ are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

⁶ And thy begotten which thou begettest after them, shall be thine; on the name of their brothers they shall be called in their inheritance.

⁷ And I^◦, in my coming from Paddan, Rachel died on me in the land of Canaan, in the way, when there was still a tract of land to come toward Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath, this^◦ is Bethlehem.

⁸ And Israel saw the sons of Joseph, and said, Whose are these?

⁹ And Joseph said to^▵ his father, These^◦ are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. And he said, Take them, I pray^◦, to^▵ me, and I will bless them.

¹⁰ And the eyes of Israel were·​·heavy from being·​·old; he was· not ·able to see. And he presented them to^▵ him; and he kissed them and embraced them.

¹¹ And Israel said to^▵ Joseph, I did not judge^▵ to see thy face again; and behold, God has made me see thy seed also.

¹² And Joseph brought· them ·out from between his knees; and he bowed· himself ·down with his face^◦ to^▫ the earth.

¹³ And Joseph took the two of them, Ephraim in his right·​·hand on Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand on Israel’s right·​·hand, and presented them to^▵ him.

¹⁴ And Israel put·​·forth^◦ his right·​·hand, and put it on the head of Ephraim, and he^◦ was the younger^▵, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh; he put·​·forth his hands crosswise^*, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

¹⁵ And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers walked, Abraham and Isaac, the God who shepherds me as·​·long·​·as I am, even·​·until this day,

¹⁶ the Angel who redeems me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be called in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow to a multitude in the midst^◦ of the earth.

¹⁷ And Joseph saw that his father put his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, and it was·​·evil in his eyes; and he held^◦ the hand of his father to remove it from on the head of Ephraim onto^◦ the head of Manasseh.

¹⁸ And Joseph said to^▵ his father, Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; set thy right·​·hand on his head.

¹⁹ And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know; he^◦ also shall be for a people, and he^◦ also shall become·​·great; nevertheless his younger^◦ brother shall be·​·greater than he, and his seed shall be the fullness of the nations.

²⁰ And he blessed them on^◦ this^◦ day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh; and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

²¹ And Israel said to^▵ Joseph, Behold, I^▵ die; and God shall be with you, and shall return you to^▵ the land of your fathers.

²² And I^◦ give thee one portion^* above thy brothers, which I took out·​·of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.