Genesis 27:1–13

Jacob Steals Esau’s Blessing

27And it happened that when Isaac was old and his eyesight was weak,^a he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” And he^b said to him, “Here I am.” ²And he said, “Look, I am old; I do not know the day of my death. ³So now, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt food for me. ⁴Then make for me tasty food like I love, and bring it to me. And I will eat it so that I^c can bless you before I die.

⁵Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to Esau his son, and when Esau went to the field to hunt wild game to bring back, ⁶Rebekah said to Jacob her son, “Look, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother saying, ⁷‘Bring wild game to me and prepare tasty food so I can eat it and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’ ⁸So now, my son, listen to my voice, to what I command you. ⁹Go to the flock and take two good young goats from it for me, and I will prepare them as tasty food for your father, just as he likes. ¹⁰Then you must take it to your father and he will eat it so that he may bless you before his death.” ¹¹Then Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, but I am a smooth man. ¹²Perhaps my father will feel me and I will be in his eyes as a mocker, and he will bring upon me a curse and not a blessing.” ¹³Then his mother said to him, “Your curse be upon me, my son, only listen to my voice—go and get them for me.”