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.
12. What if my father touches me? He’ll see that I’m trying to trick him, and then he’ll curse me instead of blessing me.”
13. But his mother replied, “Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and get the goats for me!”
14. So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it.
15. Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob.
16. She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats.
17. Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread.
18. So Jacob took the food to his father. “My father?” he said.“Yes, my son,” Isaac answered. “Who are you—Esau or Jacob?”
19. Jacob replied, “It’s Esau, your firstborn son. I’ve done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now sit up and eat it so you can give me your blessing.”
20. Isaac asked, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”“The lord your God put it in my path!” Jacob replied.
21. Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau.”
22. So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s,” Isaac said.