1. And it came to be, when Yitsḥaq was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called Ěsaw his elder son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.”
2. And he said, “See now, I am old, I do not know the day of my death.
3. “Now then, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt wild game for me.
4. “And make me a tasty dish, such as I love, and bring it to me to eat, in order that my being does bless you before I die.”
5. And Riḇqah heard when Yitsḥaq spoke to Ěsaw his son. And Ěsaw went to the field to hunt wild game and to bring it.
6. And Riḇqah spoke to Ya‛aqoḇ her son, saying, “See, I heard your father speak to Ěsaw your brother, saying,
7. ‘Bring me wild game and make me a tasty dish to eat, and bless you in the presence of יהוה before my death.’
8. “And now my son, listen to my voice according to what I command you.
9. “Please go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I make a tasty dish from them for your father, such as he loves.
10. “And you shall take it to your father, and he shall eat it, so that he might bless you before his death.”
11. And Ya‛aqoḇ said to Riḇqah his mother, “See, Ěsaw my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.
12. “What if my father touches me? Then I shall be like a deceiver in his eyes, and shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”
13. But his mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”