Genesis 27
New Living Translation
Jacob Steals Esau’s Blessing
27 One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.”
“Yes, Father?” Esau replied.
2 “I am an old man now,” Isaac said, “and I don’t know when I may die. 3 Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me. 4 Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die.”
5 But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild game, 6 she said to her son Jacob, “Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau, 7 ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the Lord’s presence before I die.’ 8 Now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you. 9 Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish. 10 Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”
11 “But look,” Jacob replied to Rebekah, “my brother, Esau, is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth. 12 What if my father touches me? He’ll see that I’m trying to trick him, and then he’ll curse me instead of blessing me.”
13 But his mother replied, “Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and get the goats for me!”
14 So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it. 15 Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob. 16 She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats. 17 Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread.
18 So Jacob took the food to his father. “My father?” he said.
“Yes, my son,” Isaac answered. “Who are you—Esau or Jacob?”
19 Jacob replied, “It’s Esau, your firstborn son. I’ve done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now sit up and eat it so you can give me your blessing.”
20 Isaac asked, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”
“The Lord your God put it in my path!” Jacob replied.
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau.” 22 So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s,” Isaac said. 23 But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob’s hands felt hairy just like Esau’s. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob. 24 “But are you really my son Esau?” he asked.
“Yes, I am,” Jacob replied.
25 Then Isaac said, “Now, my son, bring me the wild game. Let me eat it, and then I will give you my blessing.” So Jacob took the food to his father, and Isaac ate it. He also drank the wine that Jacob served him. 26 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come a little closer and kiss me, my son.”
27 So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally convinced, and he blessed his son. He said, “Ah! The smell of my son is like the smell of the outdoors, which the Lord has blessed!
28 “From the dew of heaven
and the richness of the earth,
may God always give you abundant harvests of grain
and bountiful new wine.
29 May many nations become your servants,
and may they bow down to you.
May you be the master over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
All who curse you will be cursed,
and all who bless you will be blessed.”
30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and almost before Jacob had left his father, Esau returned from his hunt. 31 Esau prepared a delicious meal and brought it to his father. Then he said, “Sit up, my father, and eat my wild game so you can give me your blessing.”
32 But Isaac asked him, “Who are you?”
Esau replied, “It’s your son, your firstborn son, Esau.”
33 Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably and said, “Then who just served me wild game? I have already eaten it, and I blessed him just before you came. And yes, that blessing must stand!”
34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged.
35 But Isaac said, “Your brother was here, and he tricked me. He has taken away your blessing.”
36 Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice.[a] First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven’t you saved even one blessing for me?”
37 Isaac said to Esau, “I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine—what is left for me to give you, my son?”
38 Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.
39 Finally, his father, Isaac, said to him,
“You will live away from the richness of the earth,
and away from the dew of the heaven above.
40 You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you decide to break free,
you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
Jacob Flees to Paddan-Aram
41 From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: “I will soon be mourning my father’s death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob.”
42 But Rebekah heard about Esau’s plans. So she sent for Jacob and told him, “Listen, Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you. 43 So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran. 44 Stay there with him until your brother cools off. 45 When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”
Footnotes
- 27:36 Jacob sounds like the Hebrew words for “heel” and “deceiver.”
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Jakov vara oca
27 Izak je ostario i oči su mu toliko oslabile da više nije mogao vidjeti. Pozvao je svoga prvorođenog sina Ezava: »Sine moj!«
A on odgovori: »Evo me, slušam.«
2 Izak je rekao: »Kao što vidiš, ostario sam i mogao bih uskoro umrijeti. 3 Zato uzmi svoje oružje—svoj lûk i tobolac sa strijelama—pa idi u lov i donesi mi neku divljač. 4 Pripremi mi ukusno jelo, onako kako volim, pa mi donesi da jedem, da te mogu blagosloviti prije nego što umrem.«
5 Rebeka je slušala dok je Izak govorio sinu Ezavu. Kad je Ezav otišao u lov po divljač, 6 Rebeka je rekla svome sinu Jakovu: »Upravo sam čula kako je tvoj otac rekao tvome bratu Ezavu: 7 ‘Donesi mi divljač i pripremi mi ukusno jelo, da ga pojedem i da te blagoslovim pred BOGOM prije nego što umrem.’ 8 Zato me sad poslušaj, sine, i učini što ti kažem. 9 Idi do stada i donesi mi dva lijepa kozlića, da za tvog oca spremim ukusno jelo, kakvo voli. 10 Zatim ćeš ga ti odnijeti ocu da jede, da tebe blagoslovi prije nego što umre.«
11 Jakov je rekao svojoj majci Rebeki: »Ali moj je brat Ezav dlakav, a moja je koža glatka. 12 Što ako me otac dotakne? Ispast ću varalica u njegovim očima pa ću na sebe navući prokletstvo, a ne blagoslov.«
13 »Sine«, reče mu majka, »neka tvoje prokletstvo padne na mene. Samo ti mene poslušaj: idi i donesi mi kozliće.« 14 I on ode, uhvati kozliće i donese ih majci, a ona spremi ukusno jelo, kako je njegov otac volio. 15 Rebeka je zatim uzela najljepšu odjeću svog starijeg sina Ezava, koju je imala u kući, pa obukla svoga mlađeg sina Jakova, 16 a oko ruku i vrata mu omotala kožu od kozlića. 17 Zatim je svome sinu Jakovu dala ono ukusno jelo i kruh koje je spremila.
18 Jakov je otišao svome ocu i rekao: »Oče moj!«
»Evo me!« rekao je Izak. »Koji si mi ti sin?«
19 A Jakov je rekao ocu: »Ja sam Ezav, tvoj prvorođeni sin. Učinio sam kako si mi rekao. Molim te pridigni se i pojedi ovu divljač, da me možeš blagosloviti.«
20 »Kako si je tako brzo našao, sine?« upita Izak svog sina, a on odgovori: »Zato što mi je pomogao tvoj BOG.«
21 Tada je Izak rekao Jakovu: »Priđi bliže, sine, da opipam jesi li ti zaista moj sin Ezav.«
22 Jakov se približio ocu Izaku, a on ga je opipao pa rekao: »Glas je Jakovljev, ali ruke su Ezavljeve.«
23 Tako ga Izak nije prepoznao jer su mu ruke bile dlakave kao ruke njegovog brata Ezava. Kad ga je htio blagosloviti, 24 upita ga još jednom: »Jesi li ti zaista moj sin Ezav?«
Jakov odgovori: »Jesam.«
Jakov prima blagoslov
25 Tada je Izak rekao: »Donesi mi da pojedem nešto tvoje divljači, da te mogu blagosloviti.« Jakov mu je donio jelo pa je Izak jeo. Donio je i vina, a Izak je pio.
26 Potom Izak reče svome sinu Jakovu: »Sad priđi i poljubi me, sine.« 27 I Jakov mu je prišao i poljubio ga. Izak je osjetio miris Ezavljeve odjeće pa ga je blagoslovio ovim riječima:
»Miris je mog sina kao miris polja
koje je BOG blagoslovio.
28 Neka ti Bog daje rosu s neba i plodnu zemlju,
tako da imaš obilje žita i vina.
29 Neka ti narodi služe
i neka ti se nacije klanjaju.
Vladaj svojom braćom
i neka ti se klanjaju potomci tvoje majke.
Proklet bio tko te proklinje
i blagoslovljen tko te blagoslivlja!«
Ezav gubi blagoslov
30 Tako je Izak blagoslovio Jakova. Tek što je otišao, njegov je brat Ezav stigao iz lova. 31 I on je spremio ukusno jelo, donio ga ocu i rekao: »Oče, pridigni se i pojedi ovu divljač, da me možeš blagosloviti.«
32 A Izak ga upita: »Koji si mi ti sin?«
»Ja sam Ezav« odgovori on, »tvoj prvorođeni sin.«
33 Nato je Izak protrnuo od užasa i rekao: »Pa tko je onda bio onaj koji je ulovio divljač i donio mi je? Jeo sam prije nego što si došao i blagoslovio sam ga. I zato će taj blagoslov ostati na njemu.«
34 Kad je Ezav čuo što je njegov otac rekao, vrisnuo je bolno i glasno pa rekao ocu: »I mene blagoslovi, oče!«
35 No Izak je rekao: »Tvoj me brat prevario i uzeo tvoj blagoslov.«
36 A Ezav je rekao: »Zar se s pravom ne zove Jakov[a]? Već me dvaput prevario—uzeo mi je pravo prvorodstva, a sad mi je uzeo i blagoslov.«
Zatim upita: »Zar nisi za mene sačuvao neki blagoslov?«
37 Izak odgovori: »Njega sam postavio za tvoga gospodara, dao mu svu njegovu braću za sluge i opskrbio ga žitom i vinom. Pa što sad da učinim za tebe, sine?«
38 Nato Ezav reče ocu: »Zar imaš samo jedan blagoslov, oče? Blagoslovi me, blagoslovi i mene, oče moj!« I glasno je zaplakao.
39 A otac mu je rekao:
»Daleko od plodne zemlje bit će ti dom,
daleko od rose s neba.
40 Živjet ćeš od svog mača
i svom bratu služiti.
Ali, kad se pobuniš,
skinut ćeš s vrata njegov jaram.«
Jakov bježi od Ezava
41 Ezav je zamrzio Jakova zbog blagoslova koji mu je otac dao. Mislio je: »Moj će otac uskoro umrijeti.[b] Tada ću ubiti svoga brata Jakova.«
42 Kad su Rebeki rekli što njezin stariji sin Ezav namjerava, poslala je po mlađega sina Jakova i rekla mu: »Tvoj brat Ezav tješi se mišlju da će te ubiti. 43 Zato me sad poslušaj, sine: odmah pobjegni k mome bratu Labanu u Haran. 44 Ostani kod njega neko vrijeme, dok ti brata ne prođe bijes. 45 Kad se više ne bude ljutio na tebe i kad zaboravi što si mu učinio, poslat ću nekoga po tebe, da se vratiš. U protivnom, obojicu bih vas mogla izgubiti u isti dan.«
46 Rebeka je rekla Izaku: »Smučio mi se život zbog Ezavljevih žena Hetitkinja. Ako se i Jakov oženi nekom Hetitkinjom, od žena iz ove zemlje, što će mi takav život!«
Genesis 27
King James Version
27 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.
21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
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