The Latter Days - Genesis Chapter 27

Gen 27:1 And it came to pass [01961] (8799), that when Isaac [03327] was old [02204] (8804), and his eyes [05869] were dim [03543] (8799), so that he could not see [07200] (8800), he called [07121] (8799) Esau [06215] his eldest [01419] son [01121], and said [0559] (8799) unto him, My son [01121]: and he said [0559] (8799) unto him, Behold, [here am] I. Gen 27:2 And he said [0559] (8799), Behold now, I am old [02204] (8804), I know [03045] (8804) not the day [03117] of my death [04194]:
Gen 27:3 Now therefore take [05375] (8798), I pray thee, thy weapons [03627], thy quiver [08522] and thy bow [07198], and go out [03318] (8798) to the field [07704], and take [06679] (8798) me [some] venison [06718] (8675) [06720];
Gen 27:4 And make [06213] (8798) me savoury meat [04303], such as [0834] I love [0157] (8804), and bring [0935] (8685) [it] to me, that I may eat [0398] (8799); that my soul [05315] may bless [01288] (8762) thee before [02962] I die [04191] (8799).
Gen 27:5 And Rebekah [07259] heard [08085] (8802) when Isaac [03327] spake [01696] (8763) to Esau [06215] his son [01121]. And Esau [06215] went [03212] (8799) to the field [07704] to hunt [06679] (8800) [for] venison [06718], and to bring [0935] (8687) [it].
Gen 27:6 And Rebekah [07259] spake [0559] (8804) unto Jacob [03290] her son [01121], saying [0559] (8800), Behold, I heard [08085] (8804) thy father [01] speak [01696] (8764) unto Esau [06215] thy brother [0251], saying [0559] (8800),
Gen 27:7 Bring [0935] (8685) me venison [06718], and make [06213] (8798) me savoury meat [04303], that I may eat [0398] (8799), and bless [01288] (8762) thee before [06440] the LORD [03068] before [06440] my death [04194].
Gen 27:8 Now therefore, my son [01121], obey [08085] (8798) my voice [06963] according to that which [0834] I command [06680] (8764) thee.
Gen 27:9 Go [03212] (8798) now to the flock [06629], and fetch [03947] (8798) me from thence two [08147] good [02896] kids [01423] of the goats [05795]; and I will make [06213] (8799) them savoury meat [04303] for thy father [01], such as he loveth [0157] (8804):
Gen 27:10 And thou shalt bring [0935] (8689) [it] to thy father [01], that he may eat [0398] (8804), and that [0834] he may bless [01288] (8762) thee before [06440] his death [04194].
Gen 27:11 And Jacob [03290] said [0559] (8799) to Rebekah [07259] his mother [0517], Behold, Esau [06215] my brother [0251] is a hairy [08163] man [0376], and I [am] a smooth [02509] man [0376]:
Gen 27:12 My father [01] peradventure will feel [04959] (8799) me, and I shall seem [05869] to him as a deceiver [08591] (8772); and I shall bring [0935] (8689) a curse [07045] upon me, and not a blessing [01293].
Gen 27:13 And his mother [0517] said [0559] (8799) unto him, Upon me [be] thy curse [07045], my son [01121]: only obey [08085] (8798) my voice [06963], and go [03212] (8798) fetch [03947] (8798) me them.
Gen 27:14 And he went [03212] (8799), and fetched [03947] (8799), and brought [0935] (8686) them to his mother [0517]: and his mother [0517] made [06213] (8799) savoury meat [04303], such as his father [01] loved [0157] (8804).
Gen 27:15 And Rebekah [07259] took [03947] (8799) goodly [02532] raiment [0899] of her eldest [01419] son [01121] Esau [06215], which were with her in the house [01004], and put them upon [03847] (8686) Jacob [03290] her younger [06996] son [01121]:
Gen 27:16 And she put [03847] (8689) the skins [05785] of the kids [01423] of the goats [05795] upon his hands [03027], and upon the smooth [02513] of his neck [06677]:
Gen 27:17 And she gave [05414] (8799) the savoury meat [04303] and the bread [03899], which she had prepared [06213] (8804), into the hand [03027] of her son [01121] Jacob [03290].
Gen 27:18 And he came [0935] (8799) unto his father [01], and said [0559] (8799), My father [01]: and he said [0559] (8799), Here [am] I; who art thou, my son [01121]?
Gen 27:19 And Jacob [03290] said [0559] (8799) unto his father [01], I [am] Esau [06215] thy firstborn [01060]; I have done [06213] (8804) according as thou badest [01696] (8765) me: arise [06965] (8798), I pray thee, sit [03427] (8798) and eat [0398] (8798) of my venison [06718], that thy soul [05315] may bless [01288] (8762) me.
Gen 27:20 And Isaac [03327] said [0559] (8799) unto his son [01121], How [is it] that thou hast found [04672] (8800) [it] so quickly [04116] (8765), my son [01121]? And he said [0559] (8799), Because the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] brought [07136] (8689) [it] to me [06440].
Gen 27:21 And Isaac [03327] said [0559] (8799) unto Jacob [03290], Come near [05066] (8798), I pray thee, that I may feel [04184] (8799) thee, my son [01121], whether thou [be] my very [02088] son [01121] Esau [06215] or not.
Gen 27:22 And Jacob [03290] went near [05066] (8799) unto Isaac [03327] his father [01]; and he felt [04959] (8799) him, and said [0559] (8799), The voice [06963] is Jacob's [03290] voice [06963], but the hands [03027] arethe hands [03027] of Esau [06215].
Gen 27:23 And he discerned [05234] (8689) him not, because his hands [03027] were hairy [08163], as his brother [0251] Esau's [06215] hands [03027]: so he blessed [01288] (8762) him.
Gen 27:24 And he said [0559] (8799), art thou my very son [01121] Esau [06215]? And he said [0559] (8799), I [am].
Gen 27:25 And he said [0559] (8799), Bring [it] near [05066] (8685) to me, and I will eat [0398] (8799) of my son's [01121] venison [06718], that my soul [05315] may bless [01288] (8762) thee. And he brought [it] near [05066] (8686) to him, and he did eat [0398] (8799): and he brought [0935] (8686) him wine [03196], and he drank [08354] (8799).
Gen 27:26 And his father [01] Isaac [03327] said [0559] (8799) unto him, Come near [05066] (8798) now, and kiss [05401] (8798) me, my son [01121].
Gen 27:27 And he came near [05066] (8799), and kissed [05401] (8799) him: and he smelled [07306] (8686) the smell [07381] of his raiment [0899], and blessed [01288] (8762) him, and said [0559] (8799), See [07200] (8798), the smell [07381] of my son [01121] is as the smell [07381] of a field [07704] which the LORD [03068] hath blessed [01288] (8765):
Gen 27:28 Therefore God [0430] give [05414] (8799) thee of the dew [02919] of heaven [08064], and the fatness [04924] of the earth [0776], and plenty [07230] of corn [01715] and wine [08492]:
Gen 27:29 Let people [05971] serve [05647] (8799) thee, and nations [03816] bow down [07812] (8691) to thee: be [01933] (8798) lord [01376] over thy brethren [0251], and let thy mother's [0517] sons [01121] bow down [07812] (8691) to thee: cursed [0779] (8803) [be] every one that curseth [0779] (8802) thee, and blessed [01288] (8803) [be] he that blesseth [01288] (8764) thee.
Gen 27:30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac [03327] had made an end [03615] (8765) of blessing [01288] (8763) Jacob [03290], and Jacob [03290] was yet [0389] scarce [03318] (8800) gone out [03318] (8804) from the presence [06440] of Isaac [03327] his father [01], that Esau [06215] his brother [0251] came in [0935] (8804) from his hunting [06718].
Gen 27:31 And he also had made [06213] (8799) savoury meat [04303], and brought it [0935] (8686) unto his father [01], and said [0559] (8799) unto his father [01], Let my father [01] arise [06965] (8799), and eat [0398] (8799) of his son's [01121] venison [06718], that thy soul [05315] may bless [01288] (8762) me.
Gen 27:32 And Isaac [03327] his father [01] said [0559] (8799) unto him, Who art thou? And he said [0559] (8799), I [am] thy son [01121], thy firstborn [01060] Esau [06215].
Gen 27:33 And Isaac [03327] trembled [02729] (8799) very [01419] exceedingly [03966] [02731], and said [0559] (8799), Who? where [0645] is he that hath taken [06679] (8801) venison [06718], and brought [0935] (8686) [it] me, and I have eaten [0398] (8799) of all before thou camest [0935] (8799), and have blessed [01288] (8762) him? yea, and he shall be blessed [01288] (8803).
Gen 27:34 And when Esau [06215] heard [08085] (8800) the words [01697] of his father [01], he cried [06817] (8799) with a great [01419] and exceeding [03966] bitter [04751] cry [06818], and said [0559] (8799) unto his father [01], Bless [01288] (8761) me, [even] me also, O my father [01].
Gen 27:35 And he said [0559] (8799), Thy brother [0251] came [0935] (8804) with subtilty [04820], and hath taken away [03947] (8799) thy blessing [01293].
Gen 27:36 And he said [0559] (8799), Is not he rightly [03588] named [07121] (8804) [08034] Jacob [03290]? for he hath supplanted me [06117] (8799) these [02088] two times [06471]: he took away [03947] (8804) my birthright [01062]; and, behold, now he hath taken away [03947] (8804) my blessing [01293]. And he said [0559] (8799), Hast thou not reserved [0680] (8804) a blessing [01293] for me?
Gen 27:37 And Isaac [03327] answered [06030] (8799) and said [0559] (8799) unto Esau [06215], Behold, I have made [07760] (8804) him thy lord [01376], and all his brethren [0251] have I given [05414] (8804) to him for servants [05650]; and with corn [01715] and wine [08492] have I sustained [05564] (8804) him: and what shall I do [06213] (8799) now [0645] unto thee, my son [01121]?
Gen 27:38 And Esau [06215] said [0559] (8799) unto his father [01], Hast thou but one [0259] blessing [01293], my father [01]? bless [01288] (8761) me, [even] me also, O my father [01]. And Esau [06215] lifted up [05375] (8799) his voice [06963], and wept [01058] (8799).
Gen 27:39 And Isaac [03327] his father [01] answered [06030] (8799) and said [0559] (8799) unto him, Behold, thy dwelling [04186] shall be the fatness [04924] of the earth [0776], and of the dew [02919] of heaven [08064] from above [05920];
Gen 27:40 And by thy sword [02719] shalt thou live [02421] (8799), and shalt serve [05647] (8799) thy brother [0251]; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion [07300] (8686), that thou shalt break [06561] (8804) his yoke [05923] from off thy neck [06677].
Gen 27:41 And Esau [06215] hated [07852] (8799) Jacob [03290] because [05921] of the blessing [01293] wherewith [0834] his father [01] blessed him [01288] (8765): and Esau [06215] said [0559] (8799) in his heart [03820], The days [03117] of mourning [060] for my father [01] are at hand [07126] (8799); then will I slay [02026] (8799) my brother [0251] Jacob [03290].
Gen 27:42 And these words [01697] of Esau [06215] her elder [01419] son [01121] were told [05046] (8714) to Rebekah [07259]: and she sent [07971] (8799) and called [07121] (8799) Jacob [03290] her younger [06996] son [01121], and said [0559] (8799) unto him, Behold, thy brother [0251] Esau [06215], as touching thee, doth comfort [05162] (8693) himself, [purposing] to kill [02026] (8800) thee.
Gen 27:43 Now therefore, my son [01121], obey [08085] (8798) my voice [06963]; and arise [06965] (8798), flee [01272] (8798) thou to Laban [03837] my brother [0251] to Haran [02771];
Gen 27:44 And tarry [03427] (8804) with him a few [0259] days [03117], until [0834] thy brother's [0251] fury [02534] turn away [07725] (8799);
Gen 27:45 Until thy brother's [0251] anger [0639] turn away [07725] (8800) from thee, and he forget [07911] (8804) that which thou hast done [06213] (8804) to him: then I will send [07971] (8804), and fetch [03947] (8804) thee from thence: why [04100] should I be deprived [07921] (8799) also of you both [08147] in one [0259] day [03117]?
Gen 27:46 And Rebekah [07259] said [0559] (8799) to Isaac [03327], I am weary [06973] (8804) of my life [02416] because [06440] of the daughters [01323] of Heth [02845]: if Jacob [03290] take [03947] (8802) a wife [0802] of the daughters [01323] of Heth [02845], such as these [which are] of the daughters [01323] of the land [0776], what good [04100] shall my life [02416] do me?

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