1. When Isaac was old, his eyesight was poor, so he could not see clearly. One day he called his older son Esau to him and said, “Son.”Esau answered, “Here I am.”
2. Isaac said, “I am old and don’t know when I might die.
3. So take your bow and arrows and go hunting in the field for an animal for me to eat.
4. When you 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. She said to her son Jacob, “Listen, I heard your father saying to your brother Esau,
7. ‘Kill an animal and prepare some tasty food for me to eat. Then I will bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.’
8. So obey me, my son, and do what I tell you.
9. Go out to our goats and bring me two of the best 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, and I am smooth!