Genesis 27:1–13

Jacob’s Deception

¹Now it came about, when Isaac was old and ^ahis eyes were too dim to see, that he called his ^bolder son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”

^21aIsaac said, “Behold now, I am old and I do not know the day of my death.

³“Now then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and ^ahunt game for me;

⁴and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that ^amy soul may bless you before I die.”

⁵Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home,

^6aRebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying,

⁷‘Bring me some game and prepare a savory dish for me, that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’

⁸“Now therefore, my son, ^alisten to ¹me ²as I command you.

⁹“Go now to the flock and ¹bring me two choice ²young goats from there, that I may prepare them as a savory dish for your father, such as he loves.

¹⁰“Then you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

¹¹Jacob ¹answered his mother Rebekah, “Behold, Esau my brother is a ^ahairy man and I am a smooth man.

¹²“^aPerhaps my father will feel me, then I will be as a ¹deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing.”

¹³But his mother said to him, “Your curse be on me, my son; only ^aobey my voice, and go, get them for me.”