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,