NASB — Genesis 27 — KJV

Jacob’s Deception

1 Now 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.” 2 IaIsaac 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; 4 and 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°.”

[1] aGn 48:10; 1S 3:2 bGn 25:25, 33, 34
[2] ILit He aGn 47:29
[3] aGn 25:28
[4] aGn 27:19, 25, 31; 48:9, 15, 16; Dt 33:1; He 11:20

5 ¶ Rebekah° was listening° while Isaac° spoke° to his son° Esau°. So when Esau° went° to the field° to hunt° for game° to bring° [home], 6 aRebekah° 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 Ime IIas I command° you. 9 Go° now° to the flock° and Ibring° me two° choice° IIyoung°° 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°.” 11 Jacob° Ianswered° 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 Ideceiver° in his sight°, and I will bring° upon myself a curse° and not a blessing°.” 13 But his mother° said° to him, “Your curse° be on me, my son°; only° aobey° my voice°, and go°, get° [them] for me.” 14 So he went° and got° [them], and brought° [them] to his mother°; and his mother° made° savory° food° such° as his father° loved°. 15 Then Rebekah° took° the Ibest° agarments° of Esau° her elder° son°, which° were with her in the house°, and put° them on Jacob° her younger° son°. 16 And she put° the skins° of the Iyoung°° goats°° on his hands° and on the smooth° part° of his neck°. 17 She also gave° the savory° food° and the bread°, which° she had made°, Ito her son° Jacob°.

[6] aGn 25:28
[8] ILit my voice IILit according to what aGn 27:13, 43
[9] ILit take IILit kids of goats
[11] ILit said to aGn 25:25
[12] ILit mocker aGn 27:21, 22
[13] aGn 27:8
[15] ILit desirable; or choice aGn 27:27
[16] ILit kids of the goats
[17] ILit into the hand of

18 ¶ Then he came° to his father° and said°, “My father°.” And he said°, “Here° I am. Who° are you, my son°?” 19 Jacob° said° to his father°, “I am Esau° your firstborn°; I have done° as you told° me. aGet° up, please°, sit° and eat° of my game°, that Ibyou may bless° me.” 20 Isaac° said° to his son°, “How° is it that you have° [it] so quickly°, my son°?” And he said°, “aBecause° the LORD° your God° caused [it] to happen° to me.” 21 Then Isaac° said° to Jacob°, “Please° come° close°, that aI may feel° you, my son°, whether you are really° my son° Esau° or° not.” 22 So Jacob° came° close° to Isaac° his father°, and he felt° him and said°, “The voice° is the voice° of Jacob°, but the hands° are the hands° of Esau°.” 23 He did not recognize° him, because° his hands° were ahairy° like his brother° Esau’s° hands°; so he blessed° him. 24 And he said°, “Are you really° my son° Esau°?” And he said°, “I am.” 25 So he said°, “Bring° [it] to me, and I will eat° of my son’s° game°, that IaI may bless° you.” And he brought° [it] to him, and he ate°; he also brought° him wine° and he drank°. 26 Then his father° Isaac° said° to him, “Please° come° close° and kiss° me, my son°.” 27 So he came° close° and kissed° him; and when he smelled° the smell° of his garments°, he ablessed° him and said°,
  “See°, bthe smell° of my son°
  Is like the smell° of a field° cwhich° the LORD° has blessed°;
  28 Now may aGod° give° you of the dew° of heaven°,
  And of the bfatness° of the earth°,
  And an abundance° of grain° and new° wine°;
  29 aMay peoples° serve° you,
  And nations° bow° down° to you;
  bBe master° of your brothers°,
  cAnd may your mother’s° sons° bow° down° to you.
  dCursed° be those who curse° you,
  And blessed° be those who bless° you.”

[19] ILit your soul aGn 27:31 bGn 27:4
[20] aGn 24:12
[21] aGn 27:12
[23] aGn 27:16
[25] ILit my soul aGn 27:4
[27] aHe 11:20 bSo 4:11 cPs 65:10
[28] aGn 27:39; Dt 33:13, 28; Pv 3:20; Zc 8:12 bNu 18:12
[29] aGn 25:23; Is 45:14; 49:7, 23; 60:12, 14 bGn 9:26, 27; 27:37 cGn 37:7, 10 dGn 12:3; Nu 24:9

The Stolen Blessing

30 ¶ Now it came° about, as soon° as Isaac° had finished° blessing° Jacob°, and Jacob° had hardly°° gone° out from the presence° of Isaac° his father°, that Esau° his brother° came° in from his hunting°. 31 Then he also° made° savory° food°, and brought° it to his father°; and he said° to his father°, “aLet my father° arise° and eat° of his son’s° game°, that Ibyou may bless° me.” 32 Isaac° his father° said° to him, “aWho° are you?” And he said°, “I am your son°, byour firstborn°, Esau°.” 33 Then Isaac° Itrembled° violently°°°°, and said°, “aWho° was he then° that hunted° game° and brought° [it] to me, so that I ate° of all° [of it] before° you came°, and blessed° him? bYes°, and he shall be blessed°.” 34 When Esau° heard° the words° of his father°, ahe cried° out with an exceedingly° great° and bitter° cry°, and said° to his father°, “Bless° me, [even] me also°, O my father°!” 35 And he said°, “aYour brother° came° deceitfully° and has taken° away your blessing°.” 36 Then he said°, “IIs he not rightly named°° aJacob°, for he has supplanted° me these° two° times°? He took° away my birthright°, and behold°, now° he has taken° away my blessing°.” And he said°, “Have you not reserved° a blessing° for me?” 37 But Isaac° replied° to Esau°, “Behold°, I have made° him ayour master°, and all° his Irelatives° I have given° to him IIas servants°; and with grain° and new° wine° I have sustained° him. Now as for you then°, what° can I do°, my son°?” 38 Esau° said° to his father°, “Do you have only one° blessing°, my father°? Bless° me, [even] me also°, O my father°.” So Esau° lifted° his voice° and awept°.

[31] ILit your soul aGn 27:19 bGn 27:4
[32] aGn 27:18 bGn 25:33, 34
[33] ILit trembled with a very great trembling aGn 27:35 bGn 25:23; 28:3, 4; Nu 23:20
[34] aHe 12:17
[35] aGn 27:19
[36] IOr Was he then named Jacob that he has aGn 25:26, 32-34
[37] ILit brothers IILit for aGn 27:28, 29
[38] aHe 12:17

39 ¶ Then aIsaac° his father° answered° and said° to him,
  “Behold°, Ibaway from the IIfertility° of the earth° shall be your dwelling°,
  And Iaway from the dew° of heaven° from above°.
  40 “By your sword° you shall live°,
  And your brother° ayou shall serve°;
  But it shall come° about bwhen° you become° restless°,
  That you will Ibreak° his yoke° from your neck°.”

[39] IOr of IILit fatness aHe 11:20 bGn 27:28; Dt 33:13, 28
[40] ILit tear off aGn 25:23; 27:29 b2K 8:20-22

41 ¶ So Esau° abore° a grudge° against° Jacob° because° of the blessing° with which° his father° had blessed° him; and Esau° said° Ito himself°, “bThe days° of mourning° for my father° are near°; then I will kill° my brother° Jacob°.” 42 Now when the words° of her elder° son° Esau° were reported° to Rebekah°, she sent° and called° her younger° son° Jacob°, and said° to him, “Behold° your brother° Esau° is consoling° himself concerning you [by planning] to kill° you. 43 Now° therefore, my son°, aobey° my voice°, and arise°, Iflee° to bHaran°, to my brother° cLaban°! 44 Stay° with him aa few° days°, until°° your brother’s° fury° Isubsides°, 45 until° your brother’s° anger° Iagainst° you subsides° and he forgets° awhat° you did° to him. Then I will send° and get° you from there°. Why° should I be bereaved° of you both° in one° day°?”

[41] ILit in his heart aGn 32:3-11; 37:4, 8 bGn 50:2-4, 10
[43] ILit flee for yourself aGn 27:8, 13 bGn 11:31 cGn 24:29
[44] ILit turns away aGn 31:41
[45] ILit turns away from you aGn 27:12, 19, 35

46 ¶ Rebekah° said° to Isaac°, “I am tired° of Iliving° because°° of athe daughters° of Heth°; bif° Jacob° takes° a wife° from the daughters° of Heth°, like these°, from the daughters° of the land°, what° good will my life° be to me?”

[46] ILit my life aGn 26:34, 35; 28:8 bGn 24:3


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Isaac sendeth Esau for venison.

1 ¶ And it came to pass,ºª that² when Isaacº was old,ºª and his eyesº were dim,ºª so that he could not see,ºª² he calledºª² Esauº his eldestº son,º and saidºª unto² him, My son:º and he saidºª unto² him, Behold,² [here am] I. 2 And he said,ºª Behold² now,² I am old,ºª I knowºª not² the dayº of my death:º 3 Now² therefore take,ºª I pray thee,² thy weapons,º thy quiverº and thy bow,º and go outºª to the field,º and takeºª me [some] venison;ºª¹ 4 And makeºª me savoury meat,º such asº I love,ºª and bringºª [it] to me, that I may eat;ºª that² my soulº may blessºª thee beforeº I die.ºª 5 And Rebekahº heardºª when Isaacº spakeºª to² Esauº his son.º And Esauº went¹ª² to the fieldº to huntºª [for] venison,º [and] to bringºª [it].

[1] Gn 25:23; 48:10; 1S 3:2; Ec 12:3; Jn 9:3.
[2] Gn 48:21; 1S 20:3; Pv 27:1; Ec 9:10; Is 38:1, 3; Mk 13:35; Jm 4:14.
[3] Gn 10:9; 25:27; 1Co 6:12.
[4] Gn 14:19; 24:60; 27:7, 23, 25, 27; 28:3; 48:9, 15; 49:28; Lv 9:22; Dt 33:1; Jsh 14:13; 22:6; Lk 2:34; 24:51; He 11:20.

Rebekah instructeth Jacob to obtain the blessing.

6 ¶ And Rebekahº spakeºª unto² Jacobº her son,º saying,ºª Behold,² I heardºª² thy fatherº speakºª unto² Esauº thy brother,º saying,ºª 7 Bringºª me venison,º and makeºª me savoury meat,º that I may eat,ºª and blessºª thee beforeº the LORDº beforeº my death.º 8 Now² therefore, my son,º obeyºª my voiceº according to that whichº I² commandºª thee. 9 Go¹ª² now² to² the flock,º and fetchºª me from thence²² twoº goodº kidsº of the goats;º and I will makeºª them savoury meatº for thy father,º such as² he loveth:ºª 10 And thou shalt bringºª [it] to thy father,º that he may eat,ºª and thatº² he may blessºª thee beforeº his death.º 11 And Jacobº saidºª to² Rebekahº his mother,º Behold,² Esauº my brotherº [is] a hairyº man,º and I² [am] a smoothº man:º 12 My fatherº peradventure² will feelºª me, and I shall seem¹² to him² as a deceiver;ºª and I shall bringºª a curseº upon² me, and not² a blessing.º 13 And his motherº saidºª unto him, Upon² me [be] thy curse,º my son:º only² obeyºª my voice,º and go¹ª² fetchºª me [them]. 14 And he went,¹ª² and fetched,ºª and broughtºª [them] to his mother:º and his motherº madeºª savoury meat,º such as² his fatherº loved.ºª

[7] Dt 33:1; Jsh 6:26; 1S 24:19.
[8] Gn 25:23; 27:13; Ac 4:19; 5:29; Ep 6:1.
[9] Gn 27:4; Jg 13:15; 1S 16:20.
[11] Gn 25:25.
[12] Gn 9:25; 25:27; 27:22, 36; Dt 27:18; Jb 12:16; Jr 48:10; Mal 1:14; 2Co 6:8; 1Th 5:22.
[13] Gn 25:23, 33; 43:9; 1S 14:24, 36; 25:24; 2S 14:9; Mt 27:25.
[14] Gn 25:28; 27:4, 7, 9, 17, 31; Ps 141:4; Pv 23:2; Lk 21:34.

Jacob under the person of Esau obtaineth it.

15 And Rebekahº tookºª² goodly¹² raimentº of her eldestº sonº Esau,º which² [were] with² her in the house,º and put them uponºª² Jacobº her youngerº son:º 16 And she putºª the skinsº of the kidsº of the goatsº upon² his hands,º and upon² the smoothº of his neck:º 17 And she gaveºª² the savoury meatº and the bread,º which² she had prepared,ºª into the handº of her sonº Jacob.º

[15] Gn 27:27; Ex 28:2; Lk 15:22; 20:46.
[16] Gn 27:16.

18 ¶ And he cameºª unto² his father,º and said,ºª My father:º and he said,ºª Here² [am] I; who² [art] thou,² my son?º 19 And Jacobº saidºª unto² his father,º I² [am] Esauº thy firstborn;º I have doneºª according as² thou badestºª² me: arise,ºª I pray thee,² sitºª and eatºª of my venison,º² that² thy soulº may blessºª me. 20 And Isaacº saidºª unto² his son,º How² [is it]² that thou hast foundºª [it] so quickly,ºª my son?º And he said,ºª Because² the LORDº thy Godº broughtºª [it] to² me.¹ 21 And Isaacº saidºª unto² Jacob,º Come near,ºª I pray thee,² that I may feelºª thee, my son,º whether thou² [be] my veryº sonº Esauº or² not.² 22 And Jacobº went nearºª unto² Isaacº his father;º and he feltºª him, and said,ºª The voiceº [is] Jacob'sº voice,º but the handsº [are] the handsº of Esau.º 23 And he discernedºª him not,² because² his handsº were² hairy,º as his brotherº Esau'sº hands:º so he blessedºª him. 24 And he said,ºª [Art] thou² my very² sonº Esau?º And he said,ºª I² [am]. 25 And he said,ºª Bring [it] nearºª to me, and I will eatºª of my son'sº venison,º² that² my soulº may blessºª thee. And he brought [it] nearºª to him, and he did eat:ºª and he broughtºª him wine,º and he drank.ºª 26 And his fatherº Isaacº saidºª unto² him, Come nearºª now,² and kissºª me, my son.º 27 And he came near,ºª and kissedºª him: and he smelledºª² the smellº of his raiment,º and blessedºª him, and said,ºª See,ºª the smellº of my sonº [is] as the smellº of a fieldº which² the LORDº hath blessed:ºª 28 Therefore Godº giveºª thee of the dewº² of heaven,º and the fatnessº of the earth,º and plentyº of cornº and wine:º 29 Let peopleº serveºª thee, and nationsº bow downºª to thee: beºª lordº over thy brethren,º and let thy mother'sº sonsº bow downºª to thee: cursedºª [be] every one that cursethºª thee, and blessedºª [be] he that blessethºª thee.

[19] Gn 25:25; 27:4, 21, 24; 29:23; 1K 13:18; 14:2; Is 28:15; Zc 13:3; Mt 26:70.
[20] Ex 20:7; Jb 13:7.
[21] Gn 27:12; Ps 73:28; Is 57:19; Jm 4:8.
[22] Gn 27:22.
[23] Gn 27:16; Ro 9:11; He 11:20.
[24] 1S 21:2, 13; 27:10; 2S 14:5; Jb 13:7; 15:5; Pv 12:19, 22; 30:8; Zc 8:16; Ro 3:7; Ep 4:25; Col 3:9.
[25] Gn 27:4.
[27] Gn 26:12; 27:15; So 2:13; 4:11; 7:12; Ho 14:6; He 6:7; 11:20.
[28] Gn 27:39; 45:18; 49:20; Nu 13:20; Dt 7:13; 8:7; 11:11; 32:2; 33:13, 28; Jsh 5:6; 2S 1:21; 1K 5:11; 17:1; 2Ch 2:10; Ps 36:8; 65:9, 13; 104:15; 133:3; Is 45:8; Jr 14:22; Ho 14:5; Jol 2:19; Mi 5:7; Zc 9:17; Ro 11:17; He 11:20.
[29] Gn 9:25; 12:3; 22:17; 25:22, 33; 27:37; 49:8; Nu 22:11; 23:8; 24:9; 2S 8:1, 14; 10:1; 1K 4:21; 11:15; 22:47; 1Ch 5:2; 2Ch 25:11; Ps 2:6; 60:1, 2; 72:8; Is 9:7; 63:1; Dn 2:44; Zp 2:8; Mal 1:2; Mt 25:40, 45; Ro 9:12; Rv 19:16.

Esau bringeth venison.

30 ¶ And it came to pass,² as soon as² Isaacº had made an endºª of blessingºª² Jacob,º and Jacobº was² yetº scarce¹ª gone outºª from²² the presenceº of Isaacº his father,º that Esauº his brotherº came inºª from his hunting.º² 31 And he² also² had madeºª savoury meat,º and brought² it¹ª unto his father,º and saidºª unto his father,º Let my fatherº arise,ºª and eatºª of his son'sº venison,º² that² thy soulº may blessºª me. 32 And Isaacº his fatherº saidºª unto him, Who² [art] thou?² And he said,ºª I² [am] thy son,º thy firstbornº Esau.º

[31] Gn 27:4.

Isaac trembleth.

33 And Isaacº trembledºª very¹ exceedingly,ºº²² and said,ºª Who?² whereº [is] he² that hath takenºª venison,º and broughtºª [it] me, and I have eatenºª of all²² before² thou camest,ºª and have blessedºª him? yea,² [and] he shall be² blessed.ºª

[33] Gn 27:25; 28:3; Jb 21:6; 37:1; Ps 55:5; Jn 10:10, 28; Ro 5:20; 11:29; Ep 1:3; He 11:20.

Esau complaineth, and by importunity obtaineth a blessing.

34 And when Esauº heardºª² the wordsº of his father,º he criedºª with a greatº and² exceedingº bitterº cry,º and saidºª unto his father,º Blessºª me, [even] me² also,² O my father.º 35 And he said,ºª Thy brotherº cameºª with subtilty,º and hath taken awayºª thy blessing.º 36 And he said,ºª Is not he rightlyº namedººª Jacob?º for he hath supplanted² me¹ª theseº two times:º he took awayºª² my birthright;º and, behold,² now² he hath taken awayºª my blessing.º And he said,ºª Hast thou not² reservedºª a blessingº for me? 37 And Isaacº answeredºª and saidºª unto Esau,º Behold,² I have madeºª him thy lord,º and all² his brethrenº have I givenºª to him for servants;º and with cornº and wineº have I sustainedºª him: and what² shall I doºª nowº unto thee, my son?º 38 And Esauº saidºª unto² his father,º Hast thou but oneº blessing,º my father?º blessºª me, [even] me² also,² O my father.º And Esauº lifted upºª his voice,º and wept.ºª 39 And Isaacº his fatherº answeredºª and saidºª unto² him, Behold,² thy dwellingº shall be² the fatnessº² of the earth,º and of the dewº² of heavenº from above;º² 40 And by² thy swordº shalt thou live,ºª and shalt serveºª thy brother;º and it shall come to pass² when² thou shalt have the dominion,ºª that thou shalt breakºª his yokeº from off²² thy neck.º

[34] 1S 30:4; Pv 1:24, 31; 19:3; Lk 13:24; He 12:17.
[35] Gn 27:19; 2K 10:19; Jb 13:7; Mal 2:10; Ro 3:7; 2Co 4:7; 1Th 4:6.
[36] Gn 25:26, 31, 33; 32:28; Jn 1:47.
[37] Gn 25:23; 27:28, 29; 2S 8:14; Ro 9:10.
[38] Gn 27:34, 36; 49:28; Pv 1:24; Is 32:10; 65:14; He 12:17.
[39] Gn 27:28; 36:6; Nu 20:17; Jsh 24:4; He 11:20.
[40] Gn 25:23; 32:6; 2S 8:14; 1K 11:15; 2K 8:20; 14:7, 10; 1Ch 18:11; 2Ch 21:8, 10; 25:11; 28:17; Ps 60:8; Ob 1:17; Mt 10:34.

He threateneth Jacob.

41 ¶ And Esauº hatedºª² Jacobº because¹ of² the blessingº wherewithº his fatherº blessed² him:¹ª and Esauº saidºª in his heart,º The daysº of mourningº for my fatherº are at hand;ºª then will I slayºª² my brotherº Jacob.º

[41] Gn 4:2; 32:6; 35:29; 37:4, 8; 50:3, 10; Dt 34:8; 2S 13:28; 2Ch 35:24; Ps 35:14; 37:12, 16; 140:4; 142:3; Pv 1:12, 16; 6:14; Ec 7:9; Ezk 25:12; 35:5; Am 1:11; Ob 1:10; Ep 4:26; Tit 1:15; 3:3; 1Jn 3:12.

Rebekah disappointeth it.

42 And² these wordsº of Esauº her elderº sonº were toldºª to Rebekah:º and she sentºª and calledºª Jacobº her youngerº son,º and saidºª unto² him, Behold,² thy brotherº Esau,º as touching thee, doth comfort¹ª himself,² [purposing] to killºª thee. 43 Now² therefore, my son,º obeyºª my voice;º and arise,ºª fleeºª thou to² Labanº my brotherº to Haran;º 44 And tarryºª with² him a fewº days,º untilº² thy brother'sº furyº turn away;ºª 45 Until² thy brother'sº angerº turn awayºª from² thee, and he forgetºª² [that] which² thou hast doneºª to him: then I will send,ºª and fetchºª thee from thence:²² whyº should I be deprivedºª also² of you bothº in oneº day?º 46 And Rebekahº saidºª to² Isaac,º I am wearyºª of my lifeº becauseº² of the daughtersº of Heth:º if² Jacobº takeºª a wifeº of the daughtersº² of Heth,º such as these² [which are] of the daughtersº² of the land,º what goodº shall my lifeº do me?

[42] Gn 37:18; 42:21; 1S 30:5; Jb 20:12; Ps 64:5; Pv 2:14; 4:16.
[43] Gn 11:31; 12:4; 27:8, 13; 28:7, 10; Pv 30:17; Jr 35:14; Ac 5:29.
[44] Gn 31:38.
[45] Gn 4:8; 9:5; 2S 14:6; Pv 19:21; Lm 3:37; Ac 28:4; Jm 4:13.
[46] Gn 24:3; 26:34; 28:8; 34:1; Nu 11:15; 1K 19:4; Jb 3:20; 7:16; 14:13; Jna 4:3, 9.


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