1. One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.”“Yes, Father?” Esau replied.
2. “I am an old man now,” Isaac said, “and I don’t know when I may die.
3. Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
4. Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die.”
5. But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild game,
6. she said to her son Jacob, “Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau,
7. ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the lord’s presence before I die.’
8. Now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you.
9. Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish.
10. Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”
11. “But look,” Jacob replied to Rebekah, “my brother, Esau, is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth.