1. Isaac grew old, and his eyes became so weak that he could not see clearly. One day he called his older son Esau to him and said, “Son!” Esau answered, “Here I am.”
2. Isaac said, “I am old. Maybe I will die soon.
3. So take your bow and arrows and go hunting. Kill an animal for me to eat.
4. Prepare the food that I love. Bring it to me, and I will eat it. Then I will bless you before I die.”
5. So Esau went hunting. Rebekah was listening when Isaac told this to his son Esau.
6. Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Listen, I heard your father talking to your brother Esau.
7. Your father said, ‘Kill an animal for me to eat. Prepare the food for me, and I will eat it. Then, with the Lord as witness, I will bless you before I die.’
8. So listen, son, and do what I tell you.
9. Go out to our goats and bring me two young ones. I will prepare them the way your father loves them.
10. Then you will carry the food to your father, and he will bless you before he dies.”
11. But Jacob told his mother Rebekah, “My brother Esau is a hairy man. I am not hairy like him.
12. If my father touches me, he will know that I am not Esau. Then he will not bless me—he will curse me because I tried to trick him.”
13. So Rebekah said to him, “I will accept the blame if there is trouble. Do what I said. Go get the goats for me.”
14. So Jacob went out and got two goats and brought them to his mother. His mother cooked the goats in the special way that Isaac loved.
15. Then Rebekah took the clothes that her older son Esau loved to wear. She put these clothes on the younger son Jacob.