1Und es begab sich, als Isaak alt geworden war und seine Augen zu schwach zum Sehen wurden, rief er Esau, seinen älteren Sohn, und sprach zu ihm: Mein Sohn! Er aber antwortete ihm: Hier bin ich.2Und er sprach: Siehe, ich bin alt geworden und weiß nicht, wann ich sterben werde.3So nimm nun dein Gerät, Köcher und Bogen, und geh aufs Feld und jage mir ein Wildbret4und mach mir ein Essen, wie ich’s gern habe, und bring mir’s herein, dass ich esse, auf dass dich meine Seele segne, ehe ich sterbe.5Rebekka aber hörte diese Worte, die Isaak zu seinem Sohn Esau sagte. Und Esau ging hin aufs Feld, dass er ein Wildbret jagte und heimbrächte.6Da sprach Rebekka zu Jakob, ihrem Sohn: Siehe, ich habe deinen Vater mit Esau, deinem Bruder, reden hören:7Bringe mir ein Wildbret und mach mir ein Essen, dass ich esse und dich segne vor dem HERRN, ehe ich sterbe.8So höre nun auf mich, mein Sohn, und tu, was ich dich heiße.9Geh hin zu der Herde und hole mir zwei gute Böcklein, dass ich deinem Vater ein Essen davon mache, wie er’s gerne hat.10Das sollst du deinem Vater hineintragen, dass er esse, auf dass er dich segne vor seinem Tod.11Jakob aber sprach zu seiner Mutter Rebekka: Siehe, mein Bruder Esau ist behaart, doch ich bin glatt; (1Mo 25,25)12so könnte vielleicht mein Vater mich betasten, und ich würde vor ihm dastehen, als ob ich ihn betrügen wollte, und brächte über mich einen Fluch und nicht einen Segen.13Da sprach seine Mutter zu ihm: Dein Fluch sei auf mir, mein Sohn; gehorche nur meinen Worten, geh und hole mir.14Da ging er hin und holte und brachte es seiner Mutter. Da machte seine Mutter ein Essen, wie es sein Vater gerne hatte,15und nahm Esaus, ihres älteren Sohnes, Feierkleider, die sie bei sich im Hause hatte, und zog sie Jakob an, ihrem jüngeren Sohn.16Aber die Felle von den Böcklein tat sie ihm um seine Hände und wo er glatt war am Halse.17Und so gab sie das Essen mit dem Brot, wie sie es gemacht hatte, in die Hand ihres Sohnes Jakob.18Und er ging hinein zu seinem Vater und sprach: Mein Vater! Er antwortete: Hier bin ich. Wer bist du, mein Sohn?19Jakob sprach zu seinem Vater: Ich bin Esau, dein erstgeborener Sohn; ich habe getan, wie du mir gesagt hast. Richte dich auf, setz dich und iss von meinem Wildbret, auf dass mich deine Seele segne. (3Mo 19,14)20Isaak aber sprach zu seinem Sohn: Wie hast du so bald gefunden, mein Sohn? Er antwortete: Der HERR, dein Gott, bescherte mir’s.21Da sprach Isaak zu Jakob: Tritt herzu, mein Sohn, dass ich dich betaste, ob du mein Sohn Esau bist oder nicht.22So trat Jakob zu seinem Vater Isaak. Und als er ihn betastet hatte, sprach er: Die Stimme ist Jakobs Stimme, aber die Hände sind Esaus Hände.23Und er erkannte ihn nicht; denn seine Hände waren behaart wie Esaus, seines Bruders, Hände. Und er segnete ihn24und sprach: Bist du mein Sohn Esau? Er antwortete: Ja, ich bin’s.25Da sprach er: So bringe mir her, ich will essen vom Wildbret meines Sohnes, dass dich meine Seele segne. Da brachte er’s ihm und er aß; und er trug ihm auch Wein hinein und er trank.26Und Isaak, sein Vater, sprach zu ihm: Komm her und küsse mich, mein Sohn!27Er trat hinzu und küsste ihn. Da roch er den Geruch seiner Kleider und segnete ihn und sprach: Siehe, der Geruch meines Sohnes ist wie der Geruch des Feldes, das der HERR gesegnet hat.28Gott gebe dir vom Tau des Himmels und vom Fett der Erde und Korn und Wein die Fülle. (Hebr 11,20)29Völker sollen dir dienen, und Stämme sollen dir zu Füßen fallen. Sei ein Herr über deine Brüder, und deiner Mutter Söhne sollen dir zu Füßen fallen. Verflucht sei, wer dir flucht; gesegnet sei, wer dich segnet! (1Mo 12,3; 1Mo 25,23)30Als nun Isaak den Segen über Jakob vollendet hatte und Jakob kaum hinausgegangen war von seinem Vater Isaak, da kam Esau, sein Bruder, von seiner Jagd31und machte auch ein Essen und trug’s hinein zu seinem Vater und sprach zu ihm: Richte dich auf, mein Vater, und iss von dem Wildbret deines Sohnes, dass mich deine Seele segne.32Da antwortete ihm Isaak, sein Vater: Wer bist du? Er sprach: Ich bin Esau, dein erstgeborener Sohn.33Da entsetzte sich Isaak über die Maßen sehr und sprach: Wer? Wo ist denn der Jäger, der mir gebracht hat, und ich habe von allem gegessen, ehe du kamst, und hab ihn gesegnet? Er wird auch gesegnet bleiben.34Als Esau diese Worte seines Vaters hörte, schrie er laut und wurde über die Maßen sehr betrübt und sprach zu seinem Vater: Segne mich auch, mein Vater! (Hebr 12,17)35Er aber sprach: Dein Bruder ist gekommen mit List und hat deinen Segen weggenommen.36Da sprach er: Er heißt mit Recht Jakob[1], denn er hat mich nun zweimal überlistet. Meine Erstgeburt hat er genommen und siehe, nun nimmt er auch meinen Segen. Und er sprach: Hast du mir denn keinen Segen vorbehalten? (1Mo 25,26; 1Mo 25,33)37Isaak antwortete und sprach zu ihm: Ich habe ihn zum Herrn über dich gesetzt, und alle seine Brüder hab ich ihm zu Knechten gemacht, mit Korn und Wein hab ich ihn versehen; was soll ich nun dir noch tun, mein Sohn?38Esau sprach zu seinem Vater: Hast du denn nur einen Segen, mein Vater? Segne mich auch, mein Vater! Und er erhob seine Stimme und weinte.39Da antwortete Isaak, sein Vater, und sprach zu ihm: Siehe, du wirst wohnen fern vom Fett der Erde und fern vom Tau, der vom Himmel kommt.40Von deinem Schwerte wirst du dich nähren, und deinem Bruder sollst du dienen. Aber es wird geschehen, dass du einmal sein Joch von deinem Halse reißen wirst. (2Kön 8,20; 2Kön 8,22)
Jakobs Flucht nach Haran
41Und Esau war Jakob gram um des Segens willen, mit dem ihn sein Vater gesegnet hatte, und sprach in seinem Herzen: Es wird die Zeit bald kommen, dass man um meinen Vater Leid tragen muss; dann will ich meinen Bruder Jakob umbringen.42Da wurden Rebekka angesagt diese Worte ihres älteren Sohnes Esau. Und sie schickte hin und ließ Jakob, ihren jüngeren Sohn, rufen und sprach zu ihm: Siehe, dein Bruder Esau will sich rächen und dich umbringen.43Und nun höre auf mich, mein Sohn: Mach dich auf und flieh zu meinem Bruder Laban nach Haran (1Mo 24,29)44und bleib eine Weile bei ihm, bis sich der Grimm deines Bruders legt45und bis sein Zorn wider dich sich von dir wendet und er vergisst, was du ihm getan hast; dann will ich schicken und dich von dort holen lassen. Warum sollte ich euer beider beraubt werden auf einen Tag?46Und Rebekka sprach zu Isaak: Mich verdrießt zu leben wegen der Hetiterinnen. Wenn Jakob eine Frau nimmt von den Hetiterinnen wie diese, eine von den Töchtern des Landes, was soll mir das Leben? (1Mo 26,34)
1When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.” (1Mo 48,10; 1Sam 3,2)2He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.3Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me, (1Mo 25,27)4and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.” (1Mo 10,25; 1Mo 48,9; 1Mo 48,15; 1Mo 49,28; 5Mo 33,1)5Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it,6Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “I heard your father speak to your brother Esau,7‘Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you before the Lord before I die.’8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice as I command you. (1Mo 27,13)9Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats, so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father, such as he loves.10And you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.” (1Mo 27,4)11But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. (1Mo 25,25)12Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.” (1Mo 27,21; 5Mo 27,18)13His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, bring them to me.” (1Sam 25,24; 2Sam 14,9; Mt 27,25)14So he went and took them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared delicious food, such as his father loved.15Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. (1Mo 27,27)16And the skins of the young goats she put on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.17And she put the delicious food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.18So he went in to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”19Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”20But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He answered, “Because the Lord your God granted me success.”21Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.” (1Mo 27,12)22So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”23And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him. (1Mo 27,16; Hebr 11,20)24He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”25Then he said, “Bring it near to me, that I may eat of my son’s game and bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank. (1Mo 27,10)26Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.”27So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed! (1Mo 27,23; Hos 14,6)28May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine. (1Mo 49,25; 5Mo 7,13; 5Mo 33,13; 5Mo 33,28; 2Sam 1,21; Joe 2,19; Sach 8,12)29Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!” (1Mo 12,3; 1Mo 49,8; 4Mo 24,9; 2Sam 8,14)30As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.31He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.”32His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”33Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.”34As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!” (Hebr 12,17)35But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.”36Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob?[1] For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” (1Mo 25,26; 1Mo 25,33)37Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” (1Mo 27,28; 1Mo 27,29; 2Sam 8,14)38Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. (1Mo 27,34)39Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: “Behold, away from[2] the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be, and away from[3] the dew of heaven on high. (1Mo 27,28; 1Mo 36,6)40By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck.” (1Mo 25,23; 2Sam 8,14; 2Kön 8,20; Ob 1,18)41Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” (1Mo 37,4; 1Mo 50,3; 1Mo 50,10; Am 1,11; Ob 1,10)42But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So 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.43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran44and stay with him a while, until your brother’s fury turns away—45until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereft of you both in one day?”46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I loathe my life because of the Hittite women.[4] If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?” (1Mo 24,3; 1Mo 26,34; 1Mo 28,8)
1.Mose 27
King James Version
1And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.2And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:3Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;4And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.5And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it .6And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,7Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.9Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:10And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:12My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.13And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them .14And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.15And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:16And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:17And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.18And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?19And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.20And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.21And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.22And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob' voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau' hands: so he blessed him.24And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am .25And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son' venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.26And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:28Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:29Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother' sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.30And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.31And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son' venison, that thy soul may bless me.32And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.33And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.34And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.35And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.36And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?37And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?38And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.39And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;40And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.42And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;44And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother' fury turn away;45Until thy brother' anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
1.Mose 27
New International Reader’s Version
von Biblica1Isaac had become old. His eyes were so weak he couldn’t see anymore. One day he called for his elder son Esau. He said to him, ‘My son.’ ‘Here I am,’ he answered.2Isaac said, ‘I’m an old man now. And I don’t know when I’ll die.3Now then, get your weapons. Get your bow and arrows. Go out to the open country. Hunt some wild animals for me.4Prepare for me the kind of tasty food I like. Bring it to me to eat. Then I’ll give you my blessing before I die.’5Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. Esau left for the open country. He went to hunt for a wild animal and bring it back.6Then Rebekah said to her son Jacob, ‘Look, I heard your father speaking to your brother Esau.7He said, “Bring me a wild animal. Prepare some tasty food for me to eat. Then I’ll give you my blessing before I die. The LORD will be my witness.” ’8Rebekah continued, ‘My son, listen carefully. Do what I tell you.9Go out to the flock. Bring me two of the finest young goats. I will prepare tasty food for your father. I’ll make it just the way he likes it.10I want you to take it to your father to eat. Then he’ll give you his blessing before he dies.’11Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, ‘My brother Esau’s body is covered with hair. But my skin is smooth.12What if my father touches me? He would know I was trying to trick him. He would curse me instead of giving me a blessing.’13His mother said to him, ‘My son, let the curse be on me. Just do what I say. Go and get the goats for me.’14So he went and got the goats. He brought them to his mother. And she prepared some tasty food. She made it just the way his father liked it.15The clothes of her elder son Esau were in her house. She took Esau’s best clothes and put them on her younger son Jacob.16She covered his hands with the skins of the goats. She also covered the smooth part of his neck with them.17Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.18He went to his father and said, ‘My father.’ ‘Yes, my son,’ Isaac answered. ‘Who is it?’19Jacob said to his father, ‘I’m your eldest son Esau. I’ve done as you told me. Please sit up. Eat some of my wild meat. Then give me your blessing.’20Isaac asked his son, ‘How did you find it so quickly, my son?’ ‘The LORD your God gave me success,’ he replied.21Then Isaac said to Jacob, ‘Come near so I can touch you, my son. I want to know whether you really are my son Esau.’22Jacob went close to his father. Isaac touched him and said, ‘The voice is the voice of Jacob. But the hands are the hands of Esau.’23Isaac didn’t recognise Jacob. Jacob’s hands were covered with hair like those of his brother Esau. So Isaac blessed him.24‘Are you really my son Esau?’ he asked. ‘I am’, Jacob replied.25Isaac said, ‘My son, bring me some of your wild meat to eat. Then I’ll give you my blessing.’ Jacob brought it to him. So Isaac ate. Jacob also brought some wine. And Isaac drank.26Then Jacob’s father Isaac said to him, ‘Come here, my son. Kiss me.’27So Jacob went to him and kissed him. When Isaac smelled the clothes, he gave Jacob his blessing. He said, ‘It really is the smell of my son. It’s like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.28May God give you dew from heaven. May he give you the richness of the earth. May he give you plenty of corn and fresh wine.29May nations serve you. May they bow down to you. Rule over your brothers. May the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed. And may those who bless you be blessed.’30When Isaac finished blessing him, Jacob left his father. Just then his brother Esau came in from hunting.31He too prepared some tasty food. He brought it to his father. Then Esau said to him, ‘My father, please sit up. Eat some of my wild meat. Then give me your blessing.’32His father Isaac asked him, ‘Who are you?’ ‘I’m your son,’ he answered. ‘I’m Esau, your eldest son.’33Isaac began to shake all over. He said, ‘Then who hunted a wild animal and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came. I gave him my blessing. And he will certainly be blessed!’34Esau heard his father’s words. Then he yelled loudly and bitterly. He said to his father, ‘Bless me! Bless me too, my father!’35But Isaac said, ‘Your brother came and tricked me. He took your blessing.’36Esau said, ‘Isn’t Jacob just the right name for him? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me. First, he took my rights as the eldest son. And now he’s taken my blessing!’ Then Esau asked, ‘Haven’t you saved any blessing for me?’37Isaac answered Esau, ‘I’ve made him ruler over you. I’ve made all his relatives serve him. And I’ve provided him with corn and fresh wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?’38Esau said to his father, ‘Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!’ Then Esau wept loudly.39His father Isaac answered him, ‘You will live far away from the fruit of the earth. You will live far away from the dew of heaven above.40You will live by using the sword. And you will serve your brother. But you will grow restless. Then you will throw off the heavy load he has caused you to carry.’41Esau was angry with Jacob. He was angry because of the blessing his father had given to Jacob. He said to himself, ‘The days of sorrow over my father’s death are near. Then I’ll kill my brother Jacob.’42Rebekah was told what her elder son Esau had said. So she sent for her younger son Jacob. She said to him, ‘Your brother Esau is planning to get back at you by killing you.43Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away at once to my brother Laban in Harran.44Stay with him until your brother’s anger calms down.45When he forgets what you did to him, I’ll let you know. Then you can come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?’46Then Rebekah spoke to Isaac. She said, ‘I’m sick of living because of Esau’s Hittite wives. Suppose Jacob also marries a Hittite woman. If he does, my life won’t be worth living.’
1.Mose 27
New International Version
von Biblica1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for his elder son Esau and said to him, ‘My son.’ ‘Here I am,’ he answered.2Isaac said, ‘I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.3Now then, get your equipment – your quiver and bow – and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.4Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die.’5Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back,6Rebekah said to her son Jacob, ‘Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau,7“Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die.”8Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you:9go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.10Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.’11Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, ‘But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin.12What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing.’13His mother said to him, ‘My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me.’14So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.15Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her elder son Esau, which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.16She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins.17Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.18He went to his father and said, ‘My father.’ ‘Yes, my son,’ he answered. ‘Who is it?’19Jacob 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 give me your blessing.’20Isaac asked his son, ‘How did you find it so quickly, my son?’ ‘The Lord your God gave me success,’ he replied.21Then Isaac said to Jacob, ‘Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.’22Jacob went 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.’23He did not recognise him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him.24‘Are you really my son Esau?’ he asked. ‘I am,’ he replied.25Then he said, ‘My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.’ Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank.26Then his father Isaac said to him, ‘Come here, my son, and kiss me.’27So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, ‘Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.28May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness – an abundance of grain and new wine.29May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over 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.’30After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.31He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, ‘My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.’32His father Isaac asked him, ‘Who are you?’ ‘I am your son,’ he answered, ‘your firstborn, Esau.’33Isaac trembled violently and said, ‘Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him – and indeed he will be blessed!’34When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, ‘Bless me – me too, my father!’35But he said, ‘Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.’36Esau said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob[1]? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: he took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!’ Then he asked, ‘Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?’37Isaac answered Esau, ‘I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?’38Esau said to his father, ‘Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!’ Then Esau wept aloud.39His father Isaac answered him, ‘Your dwelling will be away from the earth’s richness, away from the dew of heaven above.40You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.’41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, ‘The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.’42When Rebekah was told what her elder son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, ‘Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.43Now then, my son, do what I say: flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran.44Stay with him for a while until your brother’s fury subsides.45When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I’ll send word for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?’46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, ‘I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.’