Isaac Blesses Jacob

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 to him, My son: and he said to 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 you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

4And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die.

5And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

6And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

7Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and bless you before the Lord before my death.

8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.

9Go now to the flock, and bring me from there two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for your father, such as he loves:

10And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you 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 perhaps 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 to him, Upon me be your curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go bring me them.

14And he went, and brought, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory 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:   clothing

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 savory meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

18And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who are you, my son?

19And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done according as you bid me: arise, I pray you, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.

20And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God brought it to me.

21And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you be my very son Esau or not.

22And Jacob went near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

24And he said, Are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

25And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

26And his father Isaac said to 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 has blessed:

28Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

29Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brethren, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you: cursed be every one that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you.   HEB 11:20