Genesis 27

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	VULGATA
1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son, and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am."	1 Senuit autem Isaac, et caligaverunt oculi ejus, et videre non poterat : vocavitque Esau filium suum majorem, et dixit ei : Fili mi ? Qui respondit : Adsum.
2 He said, "Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.	2 Cui pater : Vides, inquit, quod senuerim, et ignorem diem mortis meæ.
3 Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me,	3 Sume arma tua, pharetram, et arcum, et egredere foras : cumque venatu aliquid apprehenderis,
4 and prepare for me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat; that I may bless you before I die."	4 fac mihi inde pulmentum sicut velle me nosti, et affer ut comedam : et benedicat tibi anima mea antequam moriar.
5 Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it,	5 Quod cum audisset Rebecca, et ille abiisset in agrum ut jussionem patris impleret,
6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau,	6 dixit filio suo Jacob : Audivi patrem tuum loquentem cum Esau fratre tuo, et dicentem ei :
7 'Bring me game, and prepare for me savory food, that I may eat it, and bless you before the LORD before I die.'	7 Affer mihi de venatione tua, et fac cibos ut comedam, et benedicam tibi coram Domino antequam moriar.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my word as I command you.	8 Nunc ergo, fili mi, acquiesce consiliis meis :
9 Go to the flock, and fetch me two good kids, that I may prepare from them savory food for your father, such as he loves;	9 et pergens ad gregem, affer mihi duos hædos optimos, ut faciam ex eis escas patri tuo, quibus libenter vescitur :
10 and you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies."	10 quas cum intuleris, et comederit, benedicat tibi priusquam moriatur.
11 But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.	11 Cui ille respondit : Nosti quod Esau frater meus homo pilosus sit, et ego lenis :
12 Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing."	12 si attrectaverit me pater meus, et senserit, timeo ne putet me sibi voluisse illudere, et inducam super me maledictionem pro benedictione.
13 His mother said to him, "Upon me be your curse, my son; only obey my word, and go, fetch them to me."	13 Ad quem mater : In me sit, ait, ista maledictio, fili mi : tantum audi vocem meam, et pergens, affer quæ dixi.
14 So he went and took them and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared savory food, such as his father loved.	14 Abiit, et attulit, deditque matri. Paravit illa cibos, sicut velle noverat patrem illius.
15 Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son;	15 Et vestibus Esau valde bonis, quas apud se habebat domi, induit eum :
16 and the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the smooth part of his neck;	16 pelliculasque hædorum circumdedit manibus, et colli nuda protexit :
17 and she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.	17 deditque pulmentum, et panes, quos coxerat, tradidit.
18 So he went in to his father, and said, "My father"; and he said, "Here I am; who are you, my son?"	18 Quibus illatis, dixit : Pater mi ? At ille respondit : Audio. Quis es tu, fili mi ?
19 Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your first-born. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that you may bless me."	19 Dixitque Jacob : Ego sum primogenitus tuus Esau : feci sicut præcepisti mihi : surge, sede, et comede de venatione mea, ut benedicat mihi anima tua.
20 But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He answered, "Because the LORD your God granted me success."	20 Rursumque Isaac ad filium suum : Quomodo, inquit, tam cito invenire potuisti, fili mi ? Qui respondit : Voluntas Dei fuit ut cito occurreret mihi quod volebam.
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not."	21 Dixitque Isaac : Accede huc, ut tangam te, fili mi, et probem utrum tu sis filius meus Esau, an non.
22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."	22 Accessit ille ad patrem, et palpato eo, dixit Isaac : Vox quidem, vox Jacob est : sed manus, manus sunt Esau.
23 And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.	23 Et non cognovit eum, quia pilosæ manus similitudinem majoris expresserant. Benedicens ergo illi,
24 He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He answered, "I am."	24 ait : Tu es filius meus Esau ? Respondit : Ego sum.
25 Then he said, "Bring it to me, that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought it to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.	25 At ille : Affer mihi, inquit, cibos de venatione tua, fili mi, ut benedicat tibi anima mea. Quos cum oblatos comedisset, obtulit ei etiam vinum. Quo hausto,
26 Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come near and kiss me, my son."	26 dixit ad eum : Accede ad me, et da mihi osculum, fili mi.
27 So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed!	27 Accessit, et osculatus est eum. Statimque ut sensit vestimentorum illius fragrantiam, benedicens illi, ait : Ecce odor filii mei sicut odor agri pleni, cui benedixit Dominus.
28 May God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine.	28 Det tibi Deus de rore cæli et de pinguedine terræ abundantiam frumenti et vini.
29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you, and blessed be every one who blesses you!"	29 Et serviant tibi populi, et adorent te tribus : esto dominus fratrum tuorum, et incurventur ante te filii matris tuæ : qui maledixerit tibi, sit ille maledictus, et qui benedixerit tibi, benedictionibus repleatur.
30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.	30 Vix Isaac sermonem impleverat, et egresso Jacob foras, venit Esau,
31 He also prepared savory food, and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me."	31 coctosque de venatione cibos intulit patri, dicens : Surge, pater mi, et comede de venatione filii tui, ut benedicat mihi anima tua.
32 His father Isaac said to him, "Who are you?" He answered, "I am your son, your first-born, Esau."	32 Dixitque illi Isaac : Quis enim es tu ? Qui respondit : Ego sum filius tuus primogenitus Esau.
33 Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him?--yes, and he shall be blessed."	33 Expavit Isaac stupore vehementi : et ultra quam credi potest admirans, ait : Quis igitur ille est qui dudum captam venationem attulit mihi, et comedi ex omnibus priusquam tu venires ; benedixique ei, et erit benedictus ?
34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, O my father!"	34 Auditis Esau sermonibus patris, irrugiit clamore magno : et consternatus, ait : Benedic etiam et mihi, pater mi.
35 But he said, "Your brother came with guile, and he has taken away your blessing."	35 Qui ait : Venit germanus tuus fraudulenter, et accepit benedictionem tuam.
36 Esau said, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright; and behold, now he has taken away my blessing." Then he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"	36 At ille subjunxit : Juste vocatum est nomen ejus Jacob : supplantavit enim me en altera vice : primogenita mea ante tulit, et nunc secundo surripuit benedictionem meam. Rursumque ad patrem : Numquid non reservasti, ait, et mihi benedictionem ?
37 Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?"	37 Respondit Isaac : Dominum tuum illum constitui, et omnes fratres ejus servituti illius subjugavi ; frumento et vino stabilivi eum : et tibi post hæc, fili mi, ultra quid faciam ?
38 Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.	38 Cui Esau : Num unam, inquit, tantum benedictionem habes, pater ? mihi quoque obsecro ut benedicas. Cumque ejulatu magno fleret,
39 Then Isaac his father answered him: "Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be, and away from the dew of heaven on high.	39 motus Isaac, dixit ad eum : In pinguedine terræ, et in rore cæli desuper,
40 By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you break loose you shall break his yoke from your neck."	40 erit benedictio tua. Vives in gladio, et fratri tuo servies : tempusque veniet, cum excutias et solvas jugum ejus de cervicibus tuis.
41 Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob."	41 Oderat ergo semper Esau Jacob pro benedictione qua benedixerat ei pater : dixitque in corde suo : Venient dies luctus patris mei, et occidam Jacob fratrem meum.
42 But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah; so she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself by planning to kill you.	42 Nuntiata sunt hæc Rebeccæ : quæ mittens et vocans Jacob filium suum, dixit ad eum : Ecce Esau frater tuus minatur ut occidat te.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran,	43 Nunc ergo, fili mi, audi vocem meam, et consurgens fuge ad Laban fratrem meum in Haran :
44 and stay with him a while, until your brother's fury turns away;	44 habitabisque cum eo dies paucos, donec requiescat furor fratris tui,
45 until your brother's anger turns away, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send, and fetch you from there. Why should I be bereft of you both in one day?"	45 et cesset indignatio ejus, obliviscaturque eorum quæ fecisti in eum : postea mittam, et adducam te inde huc : cur utroque orbabor filio in uno die ?
46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women such as these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?"	46 Dixitque Rebecca ad Isaac : Tædet me vitæ meæ propter filias Heth : si acceperit Jacob uxorem de stirpe hujus terræ, nolo vivere.