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27.12 upon me, and not a blessing.' And his mother said unto him: 'Upon me be thy curse, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go fetch me them.' And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury food, such as his father loved. And Rebekah took the choicest garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son. And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck. And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. And he came unto his father, and said: 'My father'; and he said: 'Here am I; who art thou, my son?' And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.' And Isaac said unto his son: 'How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?' And he said: 'Because the thy God sent me good speed.' And Isaac said unto Jacob: 'Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.' And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said: 'The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.' And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him. And he said: 'Art thou my very son Esau?' And he said: 'I am.' And he said: 'Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee.' And he brought it near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him wine, and he drank. And his father Isaac said unto him: 'Come near now, and kiss me, my son.' And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said:


 * See, the smell of my son
 * Is as the smell of a field which the hath blessed.
 * So God give thee of the dew of heaven,
 * And of the fat places of the earth,
 * And plenty of corn and wine.
 * Let peoples serve thee,
 * And nations bow down to thee.
 * Be lord over thy brethren,
 * And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee.
 * Cursed be every one that curseth thee,
 * And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. And he also made savoury food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father: 'Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.' And Isaac his father said unto him: 'Who art thou?' And he said: 'I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.' And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said: 'Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.' When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father: 'Bless me, even me also, O my father.' And he said: 'Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.' And he said: 'Is not he rightly named