1. When Isaac was old, his eyes were not good. He could not see clearly. One day he called his older son Esau to him. Isaac said, “Son.”Esau answered, “Here I am.”
2. Isaac said, “I am old. I don’t know when I might die.
3. So take your bow and arrows, and go hunting in the field. Kill an animal for me to eat.
4. Prepare the tasty food that I love. Bring it to me, and I will eat. Then I will bless you before I die.”
5. So Esau went out in the field to hunt.Rebekah was listening as Isaac said 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. Prepare some tasty food for me to eat. Then I will bless you before the Lord before I die.’