1. When Isaac was so old that his eyesight had failed him, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” he replied.
2. Isaac then said, “Now I have grown old. I do not know when I might die.
3. So now take your hunting gear—your quiver and bow—and go out into the open country to hunt some game for me.
4. Then prepare for me a dish in the way I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
5. Rebekah had been listening while Isaac was speaking to his son Esau. So when Esau went out into the open country to hunt some game for his father,
6. Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Listen! I heard your father tell your brother Esau,
7. ‘Bring me some game and prepare a dish for me to eat, that I may bless you with the Lord’s approval before I die.’
8. Now, my son, obey me in what I am about to order you.
9. Go to the flock and get me two choice young goats so that with these I might prepare a dish for your father in the way he likes.
10. Then bring it to your father to eat, that he may bless you before he dies.”