Genesis 27:1-14 ▼

1 And it came to passe, that whe Isahac waxed olde, & his eyes were dimme, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest sonne, & saide vnto hym, my sonne? And he sayde vnto hym: here am I.

2 And he sayde: Beholde, I am nowe olde, and knowe not the daye of my death.

3 Nowe therefore take I pray thee thy weapons, thy quyuer and thy bowe, and get thee to the fielde, that thou mayest take me some venison.

4 And make me well tastyng meates, such as I loue, and bryng it to me, that I may eate, that my soule may blesse thee before that I dye.

5 But Rebecca hearde when Isahac spake to Esau his sonne: And Esau wet into the fielde to hunt venison, and to bryng it.

6 And Rebecca spake vnto Iacob her sonne, saying: Beholde, I haue hearde thy father talkyng with Esau thy brother, and saying:

7 Bring me venison, and make me daintie meate, that I may eate, and blesse thee before the Lorde, afore my death.

8 Nowe therfore my sonne heare my voyce in that which I comaunde thee.

9 Get thee to the flocke, and bryng me thence two good kyddes fro the goates, and I wyll make of them pleasaunt meates for thy father, such as he loueth.

10 And thou shalt bryng it to thy father that he may eate, and that he may blesse thee before his death.

11 Then said Iacob to Rebecca his mother: Beholde, Esau my brother is a heary man, and I am smoothe:

12 My father shall peraduenture feele mee, and I shall seeme vnto hym as though I went about to begyle hym, and so shall I bryng a curse vpon me, and not a blessyng.

13 And his mother sayde vnto him, Upon me be the curse my sonne: only heare my voyce, and go and fetche me them.

14 And Iacob went, and fet them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made pleasaunt meate, such as she knewe his father loued.