3. Take your weapons, the quiver and the bow, and go out. And when you have taken something by hunting,
4. make from it a small meal for me, just as you know I like, and bring it, so that I may eat and my soul may bless you before I die."
5. And when Rebekah had heard this, and he had gone out into the field to fulfill his father's order,
6. she said to her son Jacob: "I heard your father speaking with your brother Esau, and saying to him,
7. 'Bring to me from your hunting, and make me foods, so that I may eat and bless you in the sight of the Lord before I die.'
8. Therefore, now my son, agree to my counsel,
9. and go straight to the flock, and bring me two of the best young goats, so that from them I may make meat for your father, such as he willingly eats.
10. Then, when you have brought these in and he has eaten, he may bless you before he dies."
11. He answered her: "You know that my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am smooth.
12. If my father should lay hands on me and perceive it, I am afraid lest he think me willing to mock him, and I will bring a curse upon myself, instead of a blessing."
13. And his mother said to him: "Let this curse be upon me, my son. Yet listen to my voice, and go directly to bring what I said."
14. He went out, and he brought, and he gave to his mother. She prepared the meats, just as she knew his father liked.
15. And she clothed him with the very fine garments of Esau, which she had at home with her.
16. And she encircled his hands with little pelts from the young goats, and she covered his bare neck.
17. And she gave him the small meal, and she handed him the bread that she had baked.
18. When he had carried these in, he said, "My father?" And he answered, "I'm listening. Who are you, my son?"
19. And Jacob said: "I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you instructed me. Arise; sit and eat from my hunting, so that your soul may bless me."
20. And again Isaac said to his son, "How were you able to find it so quickly, my son?" He answered, "It was the will of God, so that what I sought met with me quickly."
21. And Isaac said, "Come here, so that I may touch you, my son, and may prove whether you are my son Esau, or not."
22. He approached his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: "The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob. But the hands are the hands of Esau."
23. And he did not recognize him, because his hairy hands made him seem similar to the elder one. Therefore, blessing him,