27:30    Isaac finished giving his blessing, and as soon as Jacob left, his brother Esau came in from hunting.

27:31    He also cooked some tasty food and took it to his father. He said, “Please, father, sit up and eat some of the meat that I have brought you, so that you can give me your blessing.”

27:32    “Who are you?” Isaac asked.

               “Your older son Esau,” he answered.

27:33    Isaac began to tremble and shake all over,and he asked, “Who was it, then, who killed an animal and brought it to me? I ate just before you came. I gave him my final blessing, and so it is his forever.”

27:34    When Esau heard this, he cried out loudly and bitterly and said, “Give me your blessing also, father!”

27:35    Isaac answered, “Your brother came and deceived me. He has taken away your blessing.”

27:36    Esau said, “This is the second time that he has cheated me. No wonder his name is Jacob. He took my rights as the first-born son, and now he has taken away my blessing. Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

27:37    Isaac answered, “I have already made him master over you, and I have made all his relatives his slaves. I have given him grain and wine. Now there is nothing that I can do for you, son!”

27:38    Esau continued to plead with his father: “Do you have only one blessing, father? Bless me too, father!” He began to cry.

27:39    Then Isaac said to him,

              “No dew from heaven for you,

              No fertile fields for you.

27:40    You will live by your sword,

              But be your brother’s slave.

              Yet when you rebel,

              You will break away from his

                    control.”

27:41    Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, “The time to mourn my father’s death is near; then I will kill Jacob.”

27:42    But when Rebecca heard about Esau’s plan, she sent for Jacob and said, “Listen, your brother Esau is planning to get even with you and kill you.

27:43    Now, son, do what I say. Go at once to my brother Laban in Haran,

27:44    and stay with him for a while, until your brother’s anger cools down

27:45    and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send someone to bring you back. Why should I lose both of my sons on the same day?”