Jacob · Issue #2 of 10
The Stolen Blessing
Genesis 27:18–35 · World English Bible
Genesis 27:18
He came to his father, and said,
My father?
He said,
Here I am. Who are you, my son?
Genesis 27:19
Jacob said to his father,
I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.
Genesis 27:20
Isaac said to his son,
How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?
He said,
Because the LORD your God gave me success.
Genesis 27:21
Isaac said to Jacob,
Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.
Genesis 27:22
Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said,
The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Genesis 27:23
He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.
Genesis 27:24
He said,
Are you really my son Esau?
He said,
I am.
Genesis 27:25
He said,
Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.
He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.
Genesis 27:26
His father Isaac said to him,
Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
Genesis 27:27
He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said,
Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed.
Genesis 27:28
God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
Genesis 27:29
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”
Genesis 27:30
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Genesis 27:31
He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father,
Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.
Genesis 27:32
Isaac his father said to him,
Who are you?
He said,
I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.
Genesis 27:33
Isaac trembled violently, and said,
Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.
Genesis 27:34
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father,
Bless me, even me also, my father.
Genesis 27:35
He said,
Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.
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