1. And it happened that when Isaac was old and his eyesight was weak, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”
2. And he said, “Look, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.
3. So now, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt food for me.
4. Then make for me tasty food like I love, and bring it to me. And I will eat it so that I can bless you before I die.
5. Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to Esau his son, and when Esau went to the field to hunt wild game to bring back,
6. Rebekah said to Jacob her son, “Look, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother saying,
7. ‘Bring wild game to me and prepare tasty food so I can eat it and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’
8. So now, my son, listen to my voice, to what I command you.
9. Go to the flock and take two good young goats from it for me, and I will prepare them as tasty food for your father, just as he likes.
10. Then you must take it to your father and he will eat it so that he may bless you before his death.”
11. Then Jacob said to his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, but I am a smooth man.
12. Perhaps my father will feel me and I will be in his eyes as a mocker, and he will bring upon me a curse and not a blessing.”