1. WHEN ISAAC was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, My son! And he answered him, Here I am.
2. He said, See here now; I am old, I do not know when I may die.
3. So now, I pray you, take your weapons, your [arrows in a] quiver and your bow, and go out into the open country and hunt game for me,
4. And prepare me appetizing meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat of it, [preparatory] to giving you my blessing [as my firstborn] before I die.
5. But Rebekah heard what Isaac said to Esau his son; and when Esau had gone to the open country to hunt for game that he might bring it,
6. Rebekah said to Jacob her younger son, See here, I heard your father say to Esau your brother,
7. Bring me game and make me appetizing meat, so that I may eat and declare my blessing upon you before the Lord before my death.
8. So now, my son, do exactly as I command you.
9. Go now to the flock, and from it bring me two good and suitable kids; and I will make them into appetizing meat for your father, such as he loves.
10. And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat and declare his blessing upon you before his death.
11. But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Listen, Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man.
12. Suppose my father feels me; I will seem to him to be a cheat and an imposter, and I will bring [his] curse on me and not [his] blessing.
13. But his mother said to him, On me be your curse, my son; only obey my word and go, fetch them to me.
14. So [Jacob] went, got [the kids], and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared appetizing meat with a delightful odor, such as his father loved.