1. When Isaac was old, his eyes were not good. He could not see clearly. One day he called his older son Esau to him. Isaac said, “Son.”Esau answered, “Here I am.”
2. Isaac said, “I am old. I don’t know when I might die.
3. So take your bow and arrows, and go hunting in the field. Kill an animal for me to eat.
4. Prepare the tasty food that I love. Bring it to me, and I will eat. Then I will bless you before I die.”
5. So Esau went out in the field to hunt.Rebekah was listening as Isaac said this to his son Esau.
6. Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Listen, I heard your father talking to your brother Esau.
7. Your father said, ‘Kill an animal. Prepare some tasty food for me to eat. Then I will bless you before the Lord before I die.’
8. So obey me, my son. Do what I tell you.
9. Go out to our goats and bring me two young ones. I will prepare them just the way your father likes them.
10. Then you will take the food to your father. And he will bless you before he dies.”
11. But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “My brother Esau is a hairy man. I am smooth!
12. If my father touches me, he will know I am not Esau. Then he will not bless me. He will place a curse on me because I tried to trick him.”
13. So Rebekah said to him, “If your father puts a curse on you, I will accept the blame. Just do what I said. Go and get the goats for me.”