Genesis 27:1-7 ▼

1 When Isaac was so old that his eyesight had failed him, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” he replied.

2 Isaac then said, “Now I have grown old. I do not know when I might die.

3 So now take your hunting gear—your quiver and bow—and go out into the open country to hunt some game for me.

4 Then prepare for me a dish in the way I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

5 Rebekah had been listening while Isaac was speaking to his son Esau. So when Esau went out into the open country to hunt some game for his father,

6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Listen! I heard your father tell your brother Esau,

7 ‘Bring me some game and prepare a dish for me to eat, that I may bless you with the LORD’s approval before I die.’