Genesis 27 Parallel Bible

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1	Now when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his elder [and favorite] son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And Esau answered him, “Here I am.”	When 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.”	When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he answered.
2	Isaac said, “See here, I am old; I do not know when I may die.	He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.	Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.
3	So now, please take your [hunting] gear, your quiver [of arrows] and your bow, and go out into the open country and hunt game for me;	Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me,	Now then, get your equipment—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
4	and make me a savory and delicious dish [of meat], the kind I love, and bring it to me to eat, so that my soul may bless you [as my firstborn son] before I die.”	and 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.”	Prepare 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.”
5	But Rebekah overheard what Isaac said to Esau his son; and when Esau had gone to the open country to hunt for game that he might bring back,	Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it,	Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back,
6	Rebekah said to Jacob her [younger and favorite] son, “Listen carefully: I heard your father saying to Esau your brother,	Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “I heard your father speak to your brother Esau,	Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau,
7	‘Bring me some game and make me a savory and delicious dish [of meat], so that I may eat it, and declare my blessing on you in the presence of the LORD before my death.’	‘Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you before the LORD before I die.’	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.’
8	So now, my son, listen [carefully] to me [and do exactly] as I command you.	Now therefore, my son, obey my voice as I command you.	Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you:
9	Go now to the flock and bring me two good and suitable young goats, and I will make them into a savory dish [of meat] for your father, the kind he loves [to eat].	Go 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.	Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.
10	Then you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”	And you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”	Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.”
11	Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Listen, Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth [skinned] man.	But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.	Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin.
12	Suppose my father touches me and feels my skin; then I will be seen by him as a cheat (imposter), and I will bring his curse on me and not a blessing.”	Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.”	What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing.”
13	But his mother said to him, “May your curse be on me, my son; only listen and obey me, and go, bring the young goats to me.”	His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, bring them to me.”	His mother said to him, “My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me.”
14	So Jacob went and got the two young goats, and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared a delicious dish of food [with a delightful aroma], the kind his father loved [to eat].	So he went and took them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared delicious food, such as his father loved.	So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.
15	Then Rebekah took her elder son Esau’s best clothes, which were with her in her house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.	Then 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.	Then Rebekah took the best clothes of Esau her older son, which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.
16	And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.	And the skins of the young goats she put on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.	She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins.
17	Then she gave her son Jacob the delicious meat and the bread which she had prepared.	And she put the delicious food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.	Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.
18	So he went to his father and said, “My father.” And Isaac said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”	So he went in to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”	He went to his father and said, “My father.” “Yes, my son,” he answered. “Who is it?”
19	Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done what you told me to do. Now please, sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”	Jacob 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.”	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 give me your blessing.”
20	Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found the game so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the LORD your God caused it to come to me.”	But 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.”	Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The LORD your God gave me success,” he replied.
21	But Isaac [wondered and] said to Jacob, “Please come close [to me] so that I may touch you, my son, and determine if you are really my son Esau or not.”	Then 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.”	Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.”
22	So Jacob approached Isaac, and his father touched him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”	So 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.”	Jacob 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.”
23	He could not recognize him [as Jacob], because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.	And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.	He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him.
24	But he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob answered, “I am.”	He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”	“Are you really my son Esau?” he asked. “I am,” he replied.
25	Then Isaac said, “Bring the food to me, and I will eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” He brought it to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine and he drank.	Then 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.	Then 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.
26	Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come, my son, and kiss me.”	Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.”	Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss me.”
27	So he came and kissed him; and Isaac smelled his clothing and blessed him and said, “The scent of my son [Esau] Is like the aroma of a field which the LORD has blessed;	So 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!	So 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.
28	Now may God give you of the dew of heaven [to water your land], And of the fatness (fertility) of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new wine;	May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine.	May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness— an abundance of grain and new wine.
29	May peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you; Be lord and master over your brothers, And may your mother’s sons bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, And may those who bless you be blessed.”	Let 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!”	May 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.”
30	Now as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.	As 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.	After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.
31	Esau also made a delicious dish [of meat] and brought it to his father and said to him, “Let my father get up and eat some of his son’s game, so that you may bless me.”	He 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.”	He 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.”
32	Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” And he replied, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”	His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”	His father Isaac asked him, “Who are you?” “I am your son,” he answered, “your firstborn, Esau.”
33	Then Isaac trembled violently, and he said, “Then who was the one [who was just here] who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I blessed him. Yes, and he [in fact] shall be (shall remain) blessed.”	Then 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.”	Isaac 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!”
34	When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with a great and extremely bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”	As 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!”	When 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!”
35	Isaac said, “Your brother came deceitfully and has [fraudulently] taken away your blessing [for himself].”	But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.”	But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
36	Esau replied, “Is he not rightly named Jacob (the supplanter)? For he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”	Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? 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?”	Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? 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?”
37	But Isaac replied to Esau, “Listen carefully: I have made Jacob your lord and master; I have given him all his brothers and relatives as servants; and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then, can I do for you, my son?”	Isaac 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?”	Isaac 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?”
38	Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” Then Esau [no longer able to restrain himself] raised his voice and wept [loudly].	Esau 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.	Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.
39	Then Isaac his father answered and [prophesied and] said to him, “Your dwelling shall be away from the fertility of the earth And away from the dew of heaven above;	Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: “Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be, and away from the dew of heaven on high.	His father Isaac answered him, “Your dwelling will be away from the earth’s richness, away from the dew of heaven above.
40	But you shall live by your sword, And serve your brother; However it shall come to pass when you break loose [from your anger and hatred], That you will tear his yoke off your neck [and you will be free of him].”	By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck.”	You 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.”
41	So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are very near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”	Now 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.”	Esau 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.”
42	When these words of her elder son Esau were repeated to Rebekah, she sent for Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Listen carefully, your brother Esau is comforting himself concerning you by planning to kill you.	But 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.	When Rebekah was told what her older 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.
43	So now, my son, listen and do what I say; go, escape to my brother Laban in Haran!	Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran	Now then, my son, do what I say: Flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran.
44	Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s anger subsides.	and stay with him a while, until your brother’s fury turns away—	Stay with him for a while until your brother’s fury subsides.
45	When your brother’s anger toward you subsides and he forgets what you did to him, then I will send and bring you back from there. Why should I be deprived of you both in a single day?”	until 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?”	When 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?”
46	Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth [these insolent wives of Esau]. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”	Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. 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?”	Then 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.”
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