Genesis 27

vayehi ki-zaqen yitskhaq vattikhhena enayw mere'ot vayyiqra et-esav beno haggadol vayyomer elayw beni vayyomer elayw hinneni

When Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” He answered, “Here I am.”

vayyomer hinneh-na zaqanti lo yadati yom moti

And he said, “I am old now, and I do not know how soon I may die.

ve'attah sa-na khelekha telyekha veqashtekha vetse hassadeh vetsudah li (tsydh) [tsayid]

Take your gear, your quiver and bow, and go out into the open and hunt me some game.

va'aseh-li matammim ka'asher ahavti vehavi'ah li ve'okhelah ba'avur tevarekhkha nafshi beterem amut

Then prepare a dish for me such as I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my innermost blessing before I die.”

verivqah shoma'at bedabber yitskhaq el-esav beno vayyelekh esav hassadeh latsud tsayid lehavi

Rebekah had been listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau had gone out into the open to hunt game to bring home,

verivqah amerah el-ya'aqov benah lemor hinneh shamati et-avikha medabber el-esav akhikha lemor

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “I overheard your father speaking to your brother Esau, saying,

havi'ah li tsayid va'aseh-li matammim ve'okhelah va'avarekhkhah lifne Adonai lifne moti

‘Bring me some game and prepare a dish for me to eat, that I may bless you, with GOD’s approval, before I die.’

ve'attah veni shema beqoli la'asher ani metsavvah otakh

Now, my son, listen carefully as I instruct you.

lekh-na el-hatson veqakh-li misham shene gedaye izzim tovim ve'e'eseh otam matammim le'avikha ka'asher ahev

Go to the flock and fetch me two choice kids, and I will make of them a dish for your father, such as he likes.

veheveta le'avikha ve'akhal ba'avur asher yevarekhkha lifne moto

Then take it to your father to eat, in order that he may bless you before he dies.”

vayyomer ya'aqov el-rivqah immo hen esav akhi ish sa'ir ve'anokhi ish khalaq

Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man and I’m a smooth-skinned one.

ulay yemusheni avi vehayiti ve'enayw kimtatea veheveti alay qelalah velo verakhah

If my father touches me, I shall appear to him as a trickster and bring upon myself a curse, not a blessing.”

vattomer lo immo alay qillatekha beni akh shema beqoli velekh qakh-li

But his mother said to him, “Your curse, my son, be upon me! Just do as I say and go fetch them for me.”

vayyelekh vayyiqqakh vayyave le'immo vatta'as immo matammim ka'asher ahev aviv

He got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared a dish such as his father liked.

vattiqqakh rivqah et-bigde esav benah haggadol hakhamudot asher ittah babbayit vattalbesh et-ya'aqov benah haqqatan

Rebekah then took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were there in the house, and had her younger son Jacob put them on;

ve'et orot gedaye ha'izzim hilbishah al-yadayw ve'al khelqat tsavvarayw

and she covered his hands and the hairless part of his neck with the skins of the kids.

vattitten et-hammatammim ve'et-hallekhem asher asatah beyad ya'aqov benah

Then she put in the hands of her son Jacob the dish and the bread that she had prepared.

vayyavo el-aviv vayyomer avi vayyomer hinnenni mi attah beni

He went to his father and said, “Father.” And he said, “Yes, which of my sons are you?”

vayyomer ya'aqov el-aviv anokhi esav bekhorekha asiti ka'asher dibbarta elay qum-na shevah ve'okhlah mitsedi ba'avur tevarekhanni nafshekha

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your first-born; I have done as you told me. Pray sit up and eat of my game, that you may give me your innermost blessing.”

vayyomer yitskhaq el-beno mah-zzeh miharta limtso beni vayyomer ki hiqrah Adonai elohekha lefanay

Isaac said to his son, “How did you succeed so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the ETERNAL your God granted me good fortune.”

vayyomer yitskhaq el-ya'aqov geshah-nna va'amushkha beni ha'attah zeh beni esav im-lo

Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer that I may feel you, my son—whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

vayyiggash ya'aqov el-yitskhaq aviv vayemushehu vayyomer haqqol qol ya'aqov vehayyadayim yede esav

So Jacob drew close to his father Isaac, who felt him and wondered, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, yet the hands are the hands of Esau.”

velo hikkiro ki-hayu yadayw kide esav akhiv se'irot vayevarekhehu

He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; and so he blessed him.

vayyomer attah zeh beni esav vayyomer ani

He asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And when he said, “I am,”

vayyomer haggishah li ve'okhelah mitsed beni lema'an tevarekhkha nafshi vayyaggesh-lo vayyokhal vayyave lo yayin vayyesht

he said, “Serve me and let me eat of my son’s game that I may give you my innermost blessing.” So he served him and he ate, and he brought him wine and he drank.

vayyomer elayw yitskhaq aviv geshah-nna usheqah-lli beni

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come close and kiss me, my son”;

vayyiggash vayyishaq-lo vayyarakh et-reakh begadayw vayevarekhehu vayyomer re'eh reakh beni kereakh sadeh asher berekho Adonai

and he went up and kissed him. And he smelled his clothes and he blessed him, saying, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of the fields that GOD has blessed.

veyitten-lekha ha'elohim mittal hashamayim umishmanne ha'arets verov dagan vetirosh

“May God give you Of the dew of heaven and the fat of the earth, Abundance of new grain and wine.

ya'avdukha ammim (vyshtkhv) [veyishtakhavu] lekha le'ummim heveh gevir le'akhekha veyishtakhavu lekha bene immekha orerekha arur umevarekhekha barukh

Let peoples serve you, And nations bow to you; Be master over your brothers, And let your mother’s sons bow to you. Cursed be they who curse you, Blessed they who bless you.”

vayehi ka'asher killah yitskhaq levarekh et-ya'aqov vayehi akh yatso yatsa ya'aqov me'et pene yitskhaq aviv ve'esav akhiv ba mitsedo

No sooner had Jacob left the presence of his father Isaac—after Isaac had finished blessing Jacob—than his brother Esau came back from his hunt.

vayya'as gam-hu matammim vayyave le'aviv vayyomer le'aviv yaqum avi veyokhal mitsed beno ba'avur tevarekhanni nafshekha

He too prepared a dish and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father sit up and eat of his son’s game, so that you may give me your innermost blessing.”

vayyomer lo yitskhaq aviv mi-attah vayyomer ani binkha vekhorekha esav

His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, Esau, your first-born!”

vayyekherad yitskhaq kharadah gedolah ad-me'od vayyomer mi-efo hu hatsad-tsayid vayyave li va'okhal mikkol beterem tavo va'avarekhehu gam-barukh yihyeh

Isaac was seized with very violent trembling. “Who was it then,” he demanded, “that hunted game and brought it to me? Moreover, I ate of it before you came, and I blessed him; now he must remain blessed!”

kishmoa esav et-divre aviv vayyitsaq tse'aqah gedolah umarah ad-me'od vayyomer le'aviv barekheni gam-ani avi

When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst into wild and bitter sobbing, and said to his father, “Bless me too, Father!”

vayyomer ba akhikha bemirmah vayyiqqakh birkhatekha

But he answered, “Your brother came with guile and took away your blessing.”

vayyomer hakhi qara shemo ya'aqov vayyaqeveni zeh fa'amayim et-bekhorati laqakh vehinneh attah laqakh birkhati vayyomar halo-atsalta li berakhah

[Esau] said, “Was he, then, named Jacob that he might supplant me these two times? First he took away my birthright and now he has taken away my blessing!” And he added, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

vayya'an yitskhaq vayyomer le'esav hen gevir samtiv lakh ve'et-kol-ekhayw natatti lo la'avadim vedagan vetirosh semakhtiv ulekhah efo mah e'eseh beni

Isaac answered, saying to Esau, “But I have made him master over you: I have given him all his brothers for servants, and sustained him with grain and wine. What, then, can I still do for you, my son?”

vayyomer esav el-aviv havrakhah akhat hiv-lekha avi barekheni gam-ani avi vayyissa esav qolo vayyevk

And Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, Father? Bless me too, Father!” And Esau wept aloud.

vayya'an yitskhaq aviv vayyomer elayw hinneh mishmanne ha'arets yihyeh moshavekha umittal hashamayim me'al

And his father Isaac answered, saying to him, “See, your abode shall enjoy the fat of the earth And the dew of heaven above.

ve'al-kharbekha tikhyeh ve'et-akhikha ta'avod vehayah ka'asher tarid ufaraqta ullo me'al tsavvarekha

Yet by your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; But when you grow restive, You shall break his yoke from your neck.”

vayyistom esav et-ya'aqov al-habberakhah asher berekho aviv vayyomer esav belibbo yiqrevu yeme evel avi ve'ahargah et-ya'aqov akhi

Now Esau harbored a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing that his father had given him, and Esau said to himself, “Let but the mourning period of my father come, and I will kill my brother Jacob.”

vayyuggad lerivqah et-divre esav benah haggadol vattishlakh vattiqra leya'aqov benah haqqatan vattomer elayw hinneh esav akhikha mitnakhem lekha lehorgekha

When the words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning to kill you.

ve'attah veni shema beqoli vequm berakh-lekha el-lavan akhi kharanah

Now, my son, listen to me. Flee at once to Haran, to my brother Laban.

veyashavta immo yamim akhadim ad asher-tashuv khamat akhikha

Stay with him awhile, until your brother’s fury subsides—

ad-shuv af-akhikha mimmekha veshakhakh et asher-asita lo veshalakhti uleqakhtikha misham lamah eshkal gam-shenekhem yom ekhad

until your brother’s anger against you subsides—and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will fetch you from there. Let me not lose you both in one day!”

vattomer rivqah el-yitskhaq qatsti vekhayyay mippene benot khet im-loqeakh ya'aqov isha mibbenot-khet ka'elleh mibbenot ha'arets lammah li khayyim

Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am disgusted with my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like these, from among the native women, what good will life be to me?”