Genesis 27 NLT NIV Parallel

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1One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.” “Yes, Father?” Esau replied.

1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, "My son." "Here I am," he answered.

2“I am an old man now,” Isaac said, “and I don’t know when I may die.

2Isaac said, "I am now an old man and don't know the day of my death.

3Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me.

3Now then, get your equipment--your quiver and bow--and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.

4Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die.”

4Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die."

5But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild game,

5Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back,

6she said to her son Jacob, “Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau,

6Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau,

7‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the LORD’s presence before I die.’

7Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the LORD before I die.'

8Now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you.

8Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you:

9Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish.

9Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.

10Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”

10Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies."

11“But look,” Jacob replied to Rebekah, “my brother, Esau, is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth.

11Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin.

12What if my father touches me? He’ll see that I’m trying to trick him, and then he’ll curse me instead of blessing me.”

12What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing."

13But his mother replied, “Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and get the goats for me!”

13His mother said to him, "My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me."

14So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it.

14So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.

15Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob.

15Then Rebekah took the best clothes of Esau her older son, which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

16She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats.

16She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins.

17Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread.

17Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.

18So Jacob took the food to his father. “My father?” he said. “Yes, my son,” Isaac answered. “Who are you—Esau or Jacob?”

18He went to his father and said, "My father." "Yes, my son," he answered. "Who is it?"

19Jacob replied, “It’s Esau, your firstborn son. I’ve done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now sit up and eat it so you can give me your blessing.”

19Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing."

20Isaac asked, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The LORD your God put it in my path!” Jacob replied.

20Isaac asked his son, "How did you find it so quickly, my son?" "The LORD your God gave me success," he replied.

21Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau.”

21Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not."

22So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s,” Isaac said.

22Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau."

23But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob’s hands felt hairy just like Esau’s. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.

23He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him.

24“But are you really my son Esau?” he asked. “Yes, I am,” Jacob replied.

24"Are you really my son Esau?" he asked. "I am," he replied.

25Then Isaac said, “Now, my son, bring me the wild game. Let me eat it, and then I will give you my blessing.” So Jacob took the food to his father, and Isaac ate it. He also drank the wine that Jacob served him.

25Then he said, "My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing." Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank.

26Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come a little closer and kiss me, my son.”

26Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come here, my son, and kiss me."

27So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally convinced, and he blessed his son. He said, “Ah! The smell of my son is like the smell of the outdoors, which the LORD has blessed!

27So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, "Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.

28“From the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth, may God always give you abundant harvests of grain and bountiful new wine.

28May God give you heaven's dew and earth's richness-- an abundance of grain and new wine.

29May many nations become your servants, and may they bow down to you. May you be the master over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. All who curse you will be cursed, and all who bless you will be blessed.”

29May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed."

30As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and almost before Jacob had left his father, Esau returned from his hunt.

30After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father's presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.

31Esau prepared a delicious meal and brought it to his father. Then he said, “Sit up, my father, and eat my wild game so you can give me your blessing.”

31He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, "My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing."

32But Isaac asked him, “Who are you?” Esau replied, “It’s your son, your firstborn son, Esau.”

32His father Isaac asked him, "Who are you?" "I am your son," he answered, "your firstborn, Esau."

33Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably and said, “Then who just served me wild game? I have already eaten it, and I blessed him just before you came. And yes, that blessing must stand!”

33Isaac trembled violently and said, "Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him--and indeed he will be blessed!"

34When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged.

34When Esau heard his father's words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, "Bless me--me too, my father!"

35But Isaac said, “Your brother was here, and he tricked me. He has taken away your blessing.”

35But he said, "Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing."

36Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice. First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven’t you saved even one blessing for me?”

36Esau said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He took my birthright, and now he's taken my blessing!" Then he asked, "Haven't you reserved any blessing for me?"

37Isaac said to Esau, “I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine—what is left for me to give you, my son?”

37Isaac answered Esau, "I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?"

38Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.

38Esau said to his father, "Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!" Then Esau wept aloud.

39Finally, his father, Isaac, said to him, “You will live away from the richness of the earth, and away from the dew of the heaven above.

39His father Isaac answered him, "Your dwelling will be away from the earth's richness, away from the dew of heaven above.

40You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.” Jacob Flees to Paddan-Aram

40You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck."

41From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: “I will soon be mourning my father’s death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob.”

41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob."

42But Rebekah heard about Esau’s plans. So she sent for Jacob and told him, “Listen, Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.

42When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, "Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.

43So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran.

43Now then, my son, do what I say: Flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran.

44Stay there with him until your brother cools off.

44Stay with him for a while until your brother's fury subsides.

45When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

45When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I'll send word for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?"

46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”

46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I'm disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living."

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