Genesis 27 BSB ISV Parallel

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1When 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.

1Eventually, Isaac grew so old that he could not see. One day, he called his eldest son Esau. "My son," he called out to him.

2“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.

2"Look how old I am! I could die any day now,

3Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.

3so go find your weapons, take your bow and arrows, go outside, and hunt some game for me.

4Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

4Then prepare some food, just the way I like it, and bring it to me so that I can eat and bless you before I die."

5Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,

5Now Rebekah overheard Isaac while he was speaking to his son Esau. When Esau had gone out to the field to hunt and bring in some game,

6Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,

6Rebekah gave these instructions to her son Jacob: "Quick! Pay attention!" she said. "I heard your father talking to your brother Esau. He told him,

7‘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.’

7Bring me some game and then prepare some food for me so I can eat and bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.'

8Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.

8So now, my son, listen to what I have to say and pay attention to what I'm about to tell you.

9Go 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.

9Go to the flock and bring me two healthy young goats. I'll prepare some delicious food for your father, just the way he loves it.

10Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”

10Then you are to take it to your father so that he can eat and bless you before he dies."

11Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.

11"But look!" Jacob pointed out to his mother Rebekah, "My brother Esau is a hairy man, but I'm smooth skinned.

12What 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.”

12My father might touch me and he'll realize that I'm deceiving him. Then, I'll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing."

13His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

13"My son," she replied, "let any curse against you fall on me. Just listen to me, then go and get them for me."

14So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.

14So out he went, got them, and brought them to his mother, who then prepared some delicious food, just the way his father liked it.

15And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.

15Then Rebekah took some garments that belonged to her elder son Esau—the best ones available—and put them on her younger son Jacob.

16She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

16She put some goat skins over his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

17Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.

17Then she handed the delicious food and bread that she had prepared to her son Jacob,

18So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”

18who went to his father and said, "My father…" "It's me!" he replied. "Which one are you, my son?"

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 bless me.”

19"I'm Esau, your firstborn!" Jacob told his father. "I've done what you asked, so please sit up and eat what I caught, so you can bless me."

20But 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.

20"How did you get it so quickly, my son?" Isaac asked. Jacob responded, "…because the LORD your God made me successful."

21Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”

21So Isaac told Jacob, "Come here, my son, so I can feel you and know for sure whether or not you're my son Esau."

22So 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.”

22So Jacob approached his father, who felt him and said, "It's Jacob's voice, but Esau's hands."

23Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

23He didn't recognize Jacob, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau, so Isaac blessed him.

24Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”

24He asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" "I am," Jacob replied.

25“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.

25"Come closer to me," Isaac replied, "so I can eat some of the game, my son, and then bless you." So Jacob came closer, and Isaac ate. Jacob also brought wine so his father could drink.

26Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”

26After this, Jacob's father Isaac told him, "Come closer and kiss me, my son."

27So 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.

27So Jacob drew closer to kiss him. When Isaac smelled the scent of his son's clothes, he blessed him and said, "How my son's scent is the fragrance of the field that the LORD has blessed.

28May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.

28May the LORD grant you dew from the skies, and from the fertile land; may he grant you abundant grain and fresh wine.

29May 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.”

29May people serve and bow before you; may you be master over your brothers; may your mother's sons bow before you; may anyone who curses you be cursed; and may anyone who blesses you be blessed."

30As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.

30Just after Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and Jacob had left his father Isaac, Jacob's brother Esau returned from hunting,

31He 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.”

31prepared some delicious food, brought it to his father, and told him, "Can you get up now, father, so you may eat some of your son's game and then bless me?"

32But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” “I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.

32But his father Isaac asked him, "Who are you?" "I'm Esau, your firstborn son," he answered

33Isaac 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!”

33At this, Isaac began to tremble violently. "Who then," he asked, "hunted some game and brought it to me to eat before you arrived, so that I've blessed him? Indeed, he is blessed."

34When 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!”

34When Esau realized what his father Isaac was saying, he began to wail out loud bitterly. "Bless me," he cried, "even me, too, my father!"

35But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”

35Isaac replied, "Your brother came here deceitfully and stole your blessing."

36So 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?”

36Then he said, "Isn't his name rightly called Jacob?" Esau asked. "He has circumvented me this second time. First, he took away my birthright, and now, look how he also stole my blessing." Then he added, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"

37But 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?”

37In response, Isaac told Esau, "Look! I've predicted that he's going to become your master, and I've assigned all his brothers to be his servants. What then can I do for you, my son?"

38Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

38Then Esau implored his father, "Don't you have even one blessing for me, my father? Bless me, even me too, my father!" Then Esau lifted his voice and wept bitterly.

39His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

39At this, his father Isaac replied to him, "Look! Away from the fertile land will be your dwellings; away from the dew of the skies above.

40You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

40By your sword you'll live; but you'll serve your brother. But when you've become restless, you'll break off his yoke from your neck."

41Esau 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.”

41So Esau harbored animosity toward Jacob because of the way his father had blessed him. Esau kept saying to himself, "The time to mourn for my father is very near. That's when I'm going to kill my brother Jacob."

42When 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.

42Eventually, what Rebekah's older son Esau had been saying was reported to her, so she sent for her younger son Jacob and warned him, "Look! Your brother is planning to get even by killing you.

43So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.

43Son, you'd better do what I say! Get up, run off to my brother Laban in Haran,

44Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—

44and stay there with him a few days until your brother's fury subsides.

45until 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?”

45After that happens and he has forgotten what you've done to him, I'll send for you so you can return from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"

46Then 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?”

46Rebekah also told herself, "Heth's daughters are making me tired of living. If Jacob marries one of Heth's daughters, and she turns out to be just like these other local women, what kind of life would there be left for me?"

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