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And it came to pass[H1961], that when Isaac[H3327] was old[H2204], and his eyes[H5869] were dim[H3543], so that he could not see[H7200], he called[H7121]Esau[H6215] his eldest[H1419]son[H1121], and said[H559] unto him, My son[H1121]: and he said[H559] unto him, Behold, here am I.
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And he said[H559], Behold now, I am old[H2204], I know[H3045] not the day[H3117] of my death[H4194]:
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Now therefore take[H5375], I pray thee, thy weapons[H3627], thy quiver[H8522] and thy bow[H7198], and go out[H3318] to the field[H7704], and take[H6679] me some venison[H6718];
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And make[H6213] me savoury meat[H4303], such as[H834] I love[H157], and bring[H935] it to me, that I may eat[H398]; that my soul[H5315] may bless[H1288] thee before[H2962] I die[H4191].
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And Rebekah[H7259]heard[H8085] when Isaac[H3327]spake[H1696] to Esau[H6215] his son[H1121]. And Esau[H6215]went[H3212] to the field[H7704] to hunt[H6679] for venison[H6718], and to bring[H935] it.
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And Rebekah[H7259]spake[H559] unto Jacob[H3290] her son[H1121], saying[H559], Behold, I heard[H8085] thy father[H1]speak[H1696] unto Esau[H6215] thy brother[H251], saying[H559],
7Bring[H935] me venison[H6718], and make[H6213] me savoury meat[H4303], that I may eat[H398], and bless[H1288] thee before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]before[H6440] my death[H4194].
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Now therefore, my son[H1121], obey[H8085] my voice[H6963] according to that which[H834] I command[H6680] thee.
9Go[H3212] now to the flock[H6629], and fetch[H3947] me from thence two[H8147]good[H2896]kids[H1423] of the goats[H5795]; and I will make[H6213] them savoury meat[H4303] for thy father[H1], such as he loveth[H157]:
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And thou shalt bring[H935] it to thy father[H1], that[H834] he may eat[H398], and that[H834] he may bless[H1288] thee before[H6440] his death[H4194].
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And Jacob[H3290]said[H559] to Rebekah[H7259] his mother[H517], Behold, Esau[H6215] my brother[H251] is a hairy[H8163]man[H376], and I am a smooth[H2509]man[H376]:
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My father[H1] peradventure will feel[H4959] me, and I shall seem[H5869] to him as a deceiver[H8591]; and I shall bring[H935] a curse[H7045] upon me, and not a blessing[H1293].
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And his mother[H517]said[H559] unto him, Upon me be thy curse[H7045], my son[H1121]: only obey[H8085] my voice[H6963], and go[H3212]fetch[H3947] me them.
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And he went[H3212], and fetched[H3947], and brought[H935] them to his mother[H517]: and his mother[H517]made[H6213] savoury meat[H4303], such as his father[H1]loved[H157].
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And Rebekah[H7259]took[H3947]goodly[H2532]raiment[H899] of her eldest[H1419]son[H1121]Esau[H6215], which were with her in the house[H1004], and put them upon[H3847]Jacob[H3290] her younger[H6996]son[H1121]:
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And she put[H3847] the skins[H5785] of the kids[H1423] of the goats[H5795] upon his hands[H3027], and upon the smooth[H2513] of his neck[H6677]:
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And she gave[H5414] the savoury meat[H4303] and the bread[H3899], which she had prepared[H6213], into the hand[H3027] of her son[H1121]Jacob[H3290].
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And he came[H935] unto his father[H1], and said[H559], My father[H1]: and he said[H559], Here am I; who art thou, my son?[H1121]
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And Jacob[H3290]said[H559] unto his father[H1], I am Esau[H6215] thy firstborn[H1060]; I have done[H6213] according as thou badest[H1696] me: arise[H6965], I pray thee, sit[H3427] and eat[H398] of my venison[H6718], that thy soul[H5315] may bless[H1288] me.
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And Isaac[H3327]said[H559] unto his son[H1121], How is it that thou hast found[H4672] it so quickly[H4116], my son?[H1121] And he said[H559], Because the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]brought[H7136] it to me[H6440].
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And Isaac[H3327]said[H559] unto Jacob[H3290], Come near[H5066], I pray thee, that I may feel[H4184] thee, my son[H1121], whether thou be my very[H2088]son[H1121]Esau[H6215] or not.
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And Jacob[H3290] went near[H5066] unto Isaac[H3327] his father[H1]; and he felt[H4959] him, and said[H559], The voice[H6963] is Jacob[H3290]'s voice[H6963], but the hands[H3027] are the hands[H3027] of Esau[H6215].
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And he discerned[H5234] him not, because his hands[H3027] were hairy[H8163], as his brother[H251] Esau's hands[H3027]: so he blessed[H1288] him.
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And he said[H559], Art thou my very son[H1121]Esau?[H6215] And he said[H559], I am.
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And he said[H559], Bring it near[H5066] to me, and I will eat[H398] of my son's venison[H6718], that my soul[H5315] may bless[H1288] thee. And he brought[H935] it near[H5066] to him, and he did eat[H398]: and he brought[H935] him wine[H3196], and he drank[H8354].
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And his father[H1]Isaac[H3327]said[H559] unto him, Come near[H5066] now, and kiss[H5401] me, my son[H1121].
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And he came near[H5066], and kissed[H5401] him: and he smelled[H7306] the smell[H7381] of his raiment[H899], and blessed[H1288] him, and said[H559], See[H7200], the smell[H7381] of my son[H1121] is as the smell[H7381] of a field[H7704] which the LORD[H3068] hath blessed[H1288]:
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Therefore God[H430]give[H5414] thee of the dew[H2919] of heaven[H8064], and the fatness[H4924] of the earth[H776], and plenty[H7230] of corn[H1715] and wine[H8492]:
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Let people[H5971]serve[H5647] thee, and nations[H3816] bow down[H7812] to thee: be[H1933]lord[H1376] over thy brethren[H251], and let thy mother's sons[H1121] bow down[H7812] to thee: cursed[H779]be[H1933] every one that curseth[H779] thee, and blessed[H1288]be[H1933] he that blesseth[H1288] thee.
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And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac[H3327] had made an end[H3615] of blessing[H1288]Jacob[H3290], and Jacob[H3290] was yet[H389]scarce[H3318] gone out[H3318] from the presence[H6440] of Isaac[H3327] his father[H1], that Esau[H6215] his brother[H251] came in[H935] from his hunting[H6718].
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And he also had made[H6213] savoury meat[H4303], and brought it[H935] unto his father[H1], and said[H559] unto his father[H1], Let my father[H1]arise[H6965], and eat[H398] of his son's venison[H6718], that thy soul[H5315] may bless[H1288] me.
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And Isaac[H3327] his father[H1]said[H559] unto him, Who art thou? And he said[H559], I am thy son[H1121], thy firstborn[H1060]Esau[H6215].
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And Isaac[H3327]trembled[H2729]very[H1419]exceedingly[H3966], and said[H559], Who? where[H645] is he that hath taken[H6679]venison[H6718], and brought[H935] it me, and I have eaten[H398] of all before thou camest[H935], and have blessed[H1288] him? yea, and he shall be blessed[H1288].
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And when Esau[H6215]heard[H8085] the words[H1697] of his father[H1], he cried[H6817] with a great[H1419] and exceeding[H3966]bitter[H4751]cry[H6818], and said[H559] unto his father[H1], Bless[H1288] me, even me also, O my father[H1].
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And he said[H559], Thy brother[H251]came[H935] with subtilty[H4820], and hath taken away[H3947] thy blessing[H1293].
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And he said[H559], Is not he rightly[H3588]named[H7121]Jacob?[H3290] for he hath supplanted me[H6117]these[H2088] two times[H6471]: he took away[H3947] my birthright[H1062]; and, behold, now he hath taken away[H3947] my blessing[H1293]. And he said[H559], Hast thou not reserved[H680] a blessing[H1293] for me?[H6117]
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And Isaac[H3327]answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto Esau[H6215], Behold, I have made[H7760] him thy lord[H1376], and all his brethren[H251] have I given[H5414] to him for servants[H5650]; and with corn[H1715] and wine[H8492] have I sustained[H5564] him: and what shall I do[H6213]now[H645] unto thee, my son?[H1121]
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And Esau[H6215]said[H559] unto his father[H1], Hast thou but one[H259]blessing[H1293], my father?[H1]bless[H1288] me, even me also, O my father[H1]. And Esau[H6215] lifted up[H5375] his voice[H6963], and wept[H1058].
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And Isaac[H3327] his father[H1]answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto him, Behold, thy dwelling[H4186] shall be the fatness[H4924] of the earth[H776], and of the dew[H2919] of heaven[H8064] from above[H5920];
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And by thy sword[H2719] shalt thou live[H2421], and shalt serve[H5647] thy brother[H251]; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion[H7300], that thou shalt break[H6561] his yoke[H5923] from off thy neck[H6677].
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And Esau[H6215]hated[H7852]Jacob[H3290]because[H5921] of the blessing[H1293]wherewith[H834] his father[H1] blessed him[H1288]: and Esau[H6215]said[H559] in his heart[H3820], The days[H3117] of mourning[H60] for my father[H1] are at hand[H7126]; then will I slay[H2026] my brother[H251]Jacob[H3290].
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And these words[H1697] of Esau[H6215] her elder[H1419]son[H1121] were told[H5046] to Rebekah[H7259]: and she sent[H7971] and called[H7121]Jacob[H3290] her younger[H6996]son[H1121], and said[H559] unto him, Behold, thy brother[H251]Esau[H6215], as touching thee, doth comfort[H5162] himself, purposing to kill[H2026] thee.
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Now therefore, my son[H1121], obey[H8085] my voice[H6963]; and arise[H6965], flee[H1272] thou to Laban[H3837] my brother[H251] to Haran[H2771];
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And tarry[H3427] with him a few[H259]days[H3117], until[H834] thy brother's fury[H2534] turn away[H7725];
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Until thy brother's anger[H639] turn away[H7725] from thee, and he forget[H7911] that which thou hast done[H6213] to him: then I will send[H7971], and fetch[H3947] thee from thence: why[H4100] should I be deprived[H7921] also of you both[H8147] in one[H259]day?[H3117]
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And Rebekah[H7259]said[H559] to Isaac[H3327], I am weary[H6973] of my life[H2416]because[H6440] of the daughters[H1323] of Heth[H2845]: if Jacob[H3290]take[H3947] a wife[H802] of the daughters[H1323] of Heth[H2845], such as these which are of the daughters[H1323] of the land[H776], what good[H4100] shall my life[H2416] do me?