1. Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him: My son? And he answered: Here I am.
2. And his father said to him: Thou seest that I am old, and know not the day of my death.
3. Take thy arms, thy quiver, and bow, and go abroad: and when thou hast taken some thing by hunting,
4. Make me savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it, that I may eat: and my soul may bless thee before I die.
5. And when Rebecca had heard this, and he was gone into the field to fulfill his father's commandment,
6. She said to her son Jacob: I heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, and saying to him:
7. Bring me of thy hunting, and make me meats that I may eat, and bless thee in the sight of the Lord, before I die.
8. Now, therefore, my son, follow my counsel:
9. And go thy way to the flock, bring me two kids of the best, that I may make of them meat for thy father, such as he gladly eateth: