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And it came to pass that when Isaac was old, and his eyes had grown dull, and he had become blind; he called Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him: My son.
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And Esau said unto him: Behold, here am Ia.
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And Isaac said: Behold, now I am old, I know not the day of my death; therefore, take, I pray thee, thy quiver and thy bow and go out to the field and take me some venison, and make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; and do this that my soul may bless thee before I die.
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And now, Rebekah heard that which Isaac said unto Esau, his son; and it came to pass that when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring unto their father, Rebekah came unto Jacob, her son, saying: Behold, I did overhear thy father speak unto Esau, thy brother;
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And your father did say unto him: Bring me venison and make me savory meat, that I may eat and bless thee in the Facea of YHVHb before my death.
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Now, therefore my son, listen to my voice and do according to that which I command thee:
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Go now to the flock and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as he loveth; and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat and that he may bless thee before his death.
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And Jacob replied unto Rebekah, his mother, saying: Behold, Esau, my brother, is a hairy man; and I am a smooth man; perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me and not a blessing.
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And his mother returned to him, saying: Am I not a Priestess of El Elyona, the Most High God? Why should I do this, except YHVH hath bade me; therefore, obey my voice and go fetch me them.
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And Jacob went out and fetched the two kid goats and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved.
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And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and she bade Jacob to remove the garments of Adam and Eve that Esau had taken and solda unto him for the soup; and she put the garments of Esau upon Jacob, her younger son;
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And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands and upon the smooth of his neck; and she gave the savory meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
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¶ And then came Jacob unto his father, saying: My father!
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And he said, Here am Ia; Who art thou, which of my sons art thou?
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And Jacob lied unto his father, saying: I am Esau, thy firstborn; I have done according as thou asked me.
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Arise, I pray thee; sit, and eat of this game that I have hunted, that thou should bless me, even unto thy very soul.
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But Isaac thought he might have been tricked, and asked his son: How is it that thou hast found meat so quickly, my son?
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And Jacob answered him, saying: YHVH, thy Elohima, brought it to me.
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And Isaac was not pacified and he said unto Jacob: Come near unto me, I pray thee, and kiss me, that I may feel thee, my son, and by this shall I know if thou be my very son Esau or not.
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And Jacob came close to his father, Isaac, and kissed him;
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And Isaac felt him, saying: The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau; and he discerned him not for his hands were hairy as his brother Esau's hands.
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And Isaac asked him again: Art thou my very son Esau?
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And Jacob lied a third time, saying: I am.
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And Isaac did pray unto YHVH in his heart; and he did smell the scent of the raiment his son wore, and said: The smell of my son is as the smell of a field which YHVH hath blessed
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And being thus pacified, Isaac said: Bring the meat near to me, and I will eat of the venison of my son, I shall bless thee, giving thee a blessing from my very soul unto thy soul.
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¶ And Jacob brought the meat near to his father, and Isaac did eat; and Jacob brought him wine, and Isaac drank.
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And Isaac blessed his son, saying: Ha’Elohima give unto thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and an abundance of grains and wines;
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And many tribes shall serve thee, and nations bow down before thee; and thou shall be a lord over thy brethren, and even the sons of thy mother shall bow down to thee and thy seed;
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And unto those that would cursea thee and thy seed shall be accursed, and to those that would bless thee and thy seed shall come a blessing;
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And unto thee I do give the keysa of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever thou shall bind on the earth shall be bound in the heavens, and whatever thou loose upon earth shall be loosed in the heavens.
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¶ And it came to pass that Esau, the brother of Jacob, came in from his hunting soon after Isaac did finish blessing Jacob.
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And Esau also had made a savory meat, and did bring it unto his father, and said unto Isaac: Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
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And his father, Isaac, did say unto him: Who art thou?
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And Esau answered him, saying: I am thy son, Esau, thy firstborn.
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And Isaac trembled very exceedingly and said: Who was it then that had hunted the game, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest? For I did eat and have blessed him; and indeed, he shall be blessed, for this was the will of YHVH in all things.
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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!
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And Isaac was saddened and said unto his first born: Thy brother came with subtlety and hath taken away thy blessing, as I knew he should, but in my heart I wished it not so;
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Yet the will of YHVH has been done, despite the selfish desires of my flesh.
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And Esau said in his bitterness: 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.
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And then unto his father he pleaded: Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
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And Isaac answered his son and said unto Esau: Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethrena have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him.
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And what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
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And Esau lifted up his voice and wept before his father, saying: Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.
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And Isaac, his father, answered and blessed him, saying: Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth and of the dew of heaven from above; and by thy sword shalt thou live and shalt serve thy brother;
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And it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.