Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Genesis 27:7-21 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

7. to kill a wild animal and cook some tasty food for your father before he dies. Your father said this because he wants to bless your brother with the Lord as his witness.

8. Now, my son, listen carefully to what I want you to do.

9. Go and kill two of your best young goats and bring them to me. I'll cook the tasty food that your father loves so much.

10. Then you can take it to him, so he can eat it and give you his blessing before he dies.”

11. “My brother Esau is a hairy man,” Jacob reminded her. “And I am not.

12. If my father touches me and realizes I am trying to trick him, he will put a curse on me instead of giving me a blessing.”

13. Rebekah insisted, “Let his curse fall on me! Just do what I say and bring me the meat.”

14. So Jacob brought the meat to his mother, and she cooked the tasty food that his father liked.

15. Then she took Esau's best clothes and put them on Jacob.

16. She also covered the smooth part of his hands and neck with goatskins

17. and gave him some bread and the tasty food she had cooked.

18. Jacob went to his father and said, “Father, here I am.”“Which one of my sons are you?” his father asked.

19. Jacob replied, “I am Esau, your firstborn, and I have done what you told me. Please sit up and eat the meat I have brought. Then you can give me your blessing.”

20. Isaac asked, “My son, how did you find an animal so quickly?”“The Lord your God was kind to me,” Jacob answered.

21. “My son,” Isaac said, “come closer, where I can touch you and find out if you really are Esau.”