Genesis 27:6-17

New International Version

⁶Rebekah said to her son Jacob,^(A) “Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau, ⁷‘Bring 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.’^(B) ⁸Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you:^(C) ⁹Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats,^(D) so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.^(E) ¹⁰Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing^(F) before he dies.”

¹¹Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man^(G) while I have smooth skin. ¹²What if my father touches me?^(H) I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse^(I) on myself rather than a blessing.”

¹³His mother said to him, “My son, let the curse fall on me.^(J) Just do what I say;^(K) go and get them for me.”

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.^(L) ¹⁵Then Rebekah took the best clothes^(M) of Esau her older son,^(N) which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob. ¹⁶She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins.^(O) ¹⁷Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.

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Genesis 27:6-17

King James Version

⁶And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

⁷Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.

⁸Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

⁹Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:

¹⁰And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

¹¹And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

¹²My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

¹³And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

¹⁴And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

¹⁵And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

¹⁶And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

¹⁷And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

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Genesis 27:6-17

New King James Version

⁶So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, ⁷‘Bring me game and make ^[a]savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’ ⁸Now therefore, my son, ^(A)obey my voice according to what I command you. ⁹Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make ^(B)savory food from them for your father, such as he loves. ¹⁰Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he ^(C)may bless you before his death.”

¹¹And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, ^(D)Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man. ¹²Perhaps my father will ^(E)feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring ^(F)a curse on myself and not a blessing.”

¹³But his mother said to him, ^(G)“Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.” ¹⁴And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother ^(H)made ^[b]savory food, such as his father loved. ¹⁵Then Rebekah took ^(I)the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. ¹⁶And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. ¹⁷Then she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.