Genesis 2727GenesisIsaac and JacobThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. Isaac Blesses Jacob

   (Hebrews 11:20)

2. 1ENGOJBAnd it came to pass, that when Yitzchak was zaken (old),and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esav bno hagadol and said unto him, Beni: and he said unto him, Hineni.BSBBSB: When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
3. 2ENGOJBAnd he said, Hinei now, I am old, I know not my yom mot:BSBBSB: “Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
4. 3ENGOJBTherefore take, now, thy kelim (weapons), thy quiver and thy keshet (bow), and go out to the sadeh, and hunt me some wild game;BSBBSB: Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
5. 4ENGOJBAnd make me matamim (savory meat, tasty food), such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my nefesh may make a brocha upon thee before I die.BSBBSB: Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
6. 5ENGOJBAnd Rivkah heard when Yitzchak spoke to Esav bno. And Esav went to the sadeh to hunt for wild game, and to bring it.BSBBSB: Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,
7. 6ENGOJBAnd Rivkah spoke unto Ya'akov her ben, saying, Hinei, I heard avicha speak unto Esav achicha, saying,BSBBSB: Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
8. 7ENGOJBBring me wild game, and make me matamim, that I may eat, and make a brocha upon thee before Hashem before my mot.BSBBSB: ‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’
9. 8ENGOJBNow therefore, beni (my son), obey my kol (voice) according to that which I command thee.BSBBSB: Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
10. 9ENGOJBGo now to the tzon, and bring me from there two gedayei izzim tovim (good kids of goats); and I will make them matamim for avicha, such as he loveth:BSBBSB: Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.
11. 10ENGOJBAnd thou shalt bring it to avicha, that he may eat, and that he may make a brocha upon thee before his mot.BSBBSB: Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”
12. 11ENGOJBAnd Ya'akov said to Rivkah immo, Look, Esav achi is an ish sa'ir (hairy man), and I am an ish chalak (smooth man).BSBBSB: Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.
13. 12ENGOJBWhat if avi will touch me, and I shall seem to him as a meta'te'a (mocker); and I shall bring a kelalah upon me, and not a brocha.BSBBSB: What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
14. 13ENGOJBAnd immo said unto him, Upon me be thy kelalah, beni; only obey my kol (voice), and go bring me them.BSBBSB: His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
15. 14ENGOJBAnd he went, and got, and brought them to immo: and immo made matamim, such as aviv loved.BSBBSB: So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
16. 15ENGOJBAnd Rivkah took begadim of Esav her ben hagadol, the chamudot (best ones) which were with her in the bais, and dressed Ya'akov her ben hakatan;BSBBSB: And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
17. 16ENGOJBAnd with orot gedayei haizzim (skins of the kids of the goats) she dressed and covered his hands, and also upon the smooth of his tzavar (neck);BSBBSB: She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
18. 17ENGOJBAnd she gave the matamim and the lechem, which she had prepared, into the yad Ya'akov her ben.BSBBSB: Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
19. 18ENGOJBAnd he came unto aviv, and said, Avi; and he said, Hineni; who art thou, beni?BSBBSB: So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”
20. 19ENGOJBAnd Ya'akov said unto aviv, I am Esav thy bechor; I have done according as thou told me; arise, now, sit up and eat of my wild game, that thy nefesh may make a brocha upon me.BSBBSB: Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
21. 20ENGOJBAnd Yitzchak said unto bno, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, beni? And he said, Hashem Eloheicha worked it out for me.BSBBSB: But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
22. 21ENGOJBAnd Yitzchak said unto Ya'akov, Come near, now, that I may touch thee, beni, indeed, whether thou be beni Esav or not.BSBBSB: Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”
23. 22ENGOJBAnd Ya'akov went near unto Yitzchak aviv; and he touched him, and said, The kol is kol Ya'akov, but the yadayim are the yedei Esav.BSBBSB: So Jacob came close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
24. 23ENGOJBAnd he discerned him not, for his hands were se'irot, as yedei Esav achiv; so he made a brocha upon him.BSBBSB: Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
25. 24ENGOJBAnd he said, Art thou indeed beni Esav? And he said, I am.BSBBSB: Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
26. 25ENGOJBAnd he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of the wild game of beni, that my nefesh may make a brocha upon thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him yayin and he drank.BSBBSB: “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
27. 26ENGOJBAnd aviv Yitzchak said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me beni.BSBBSB: Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
28. 27ENGOJBAnd he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the reiach (smell) of his begadim, and made a brocha upon him, and said, See, the reiach of beni is as the reiach of a sadeh upon which Hashem hath made a brocha;BSBBSB: So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
29. 28ENGOJBTherefore HaElohim give thee of the tal haShomayim, and the fatness of ha'aretz, and plenty of dagan and tirosh;BSBBSB: May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.
30. 29ENGOJBLet people serve thee, and amim bow down to thee: be gevir over thy achim, and let bnei immecha bow down to thee: arur be every one that curseth thee, and baruch be he that blesseth thee.BSBBSB: May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

31. Esau’s Lost Hope

32. 30ENGOJBAnd as soon as Yitzchak had completed making on Ya'akov a brocha, and Ya'akov had hardly gone out from the presence of Yitzchak aviv, that Esav achiv came in from his hunt.BSBBSB: As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
33. 31ENGOJBAnd he also had prepared matamim, and brought it unto aviv and said unto aviv, Let avi arise, and eat of the wild game of bno, that thy nefesh may make a brocha upon me.BSBBSB: He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
34. 32ENGOJBAnd Yitzchak aviv said unto him, Mi atah? (Who art thou?) And he said, I am binecha, thy bechor Esav.BSBBSB: But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” “I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.
35. 33ENGOJBAnd Yitzchak trembled with charadah gedolah ad me'od (exceedingly great trembling), and said, Who? Where is he that hath hunted wild game, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all of it before thou camest, and have made a brocha upon him? And indeed he shall be baruch (blessed)!BSBBSB: Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
36. 34ENGOJBAnd when Esav heard the words of aviv, he cried with tzeakah gedolah umarah ad me'od (a great and exceeding bitter cry), and said unto aviv, Make a brocha on me, even me also, O avi.BSBBSB: When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”
37. 35ENGOJBAnd he said, Achicha came with mirmah (deceit), and hath taken away thy brocha.BSBBSB: But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
38. 36ENGOJBAnd he said, Is not he rightly called shmo Ya'akov? for vaya'keveni (now he deceived/outwitted me) these two times he took away my bechorah (birthright); and, hinei, now he hath taken away my brocha (blessing). And he asked, Hast thou not reserved a brocha for me?BSBBSB: So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
39. 37ENGOJBAnd Yitzchak answered and said unto Esav, See, I have made him gevir over you, and all his achim have I given to him for avadim; and with dagan and tirosh have I sustained him; and what shall I do now unto thee, beni?BSBBSB: But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
40. 38ENGOJBAnd Esav said unto aviv, Hast thou but one brocha, avi? Make a brocha on me, even me also, O avi. And Esav lifted up his kol (voice), and wept.BSBBSB: Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.
41. 39ENGOJBAnd Yitzchak aviv answered and said unto him, Hinei, thy moshav (dwelling) shall be the fatness of ha'aretz, and of the tal HaShomayim from above;BSBBSB: His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.
42. 40ENGOJBAnd by thy cherev shalt thou live, and shalt serve achicha; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt become restless, that thou shalt break his ol (yoke) from off thy tzavar (neck).BSBBSB: You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
43. 41ENGOJBAnd Esav hated Ya'akov because of the brocha wherewith aviv made a brocha upon him: and Esav said in his lev, The yemei evel (days of mourning) for avi are at hand; then will I slay Ya'akov achi.BSBBSB: Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
44. 42ENGOJBAnd these words of Esav her ben hagadol were told to Rivkah; and she sent and called Ya'akov her ben hakatan, and said unto him, Hinei, Esav achicha, as touching thee, doth console himself, purposing to kill thee.BSBBSB: When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
45. 43ENGOJBNow therefore, beni, shema bekoli (listen to my voice)! Arise, flee thou to Lavan achi to Charan;BSBBSB: So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
46. 44ENGOJBAnd tarry with him a few days, until chamat achicha subsides;BSBBSB: Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—
47. 45ENGOJBAnd when af achicha subsides from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him; then I will send, and get thee from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in yom echad (one day, the same day)?BSBBSB: until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
48. 46ENGOJBAnd Rivkah said to Yitzchak, I am weary of my life because of the Banot Chet: if Ya'akov take an isha of the Banot Chet (Hittite women) such as these which are of the banot ha'aretz, what will chayyim to me be?BSBBSB: Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”