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Jacob deceiveth his father.

And Rebekah heard when Iaac pake to Eau his on. And Eau went to the field to hunt for venion, and to bring it.

¶ And Rebekah pake unto Jacob her on, aying, Behold, I heard thy father peak unto Eau thy brother, aying,

Bring me venion, and make me avoury meat, that I may eat, and bles thee before the before my death.

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

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

And thou halt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bles thee before his death.

And Jacob aid to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Eau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a mooth man:

My father peradventure will feel me, and I hall eem to him as a deceiver; and I hall bring a cure upon me, and not a bleing.

And his mother aid unto him, Upon me be thy cure, my on: only obey my voice, and go fetch me ''them.

And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made avoury meat, uch as his father loved.

And Rebekah took † goodly raiment of her eldet on Eau, which were with her in the houe, and put them upon Jacob her younger on:

And he put the kins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the mooth of his neck:

And he gave the avoury meat and the bread, which he had prepared, into the hand of her on Jacob.

¶ And he came unto his father, and aid, My father: and he aid, Here am I; who art thou, my on?

And Jacob aid unto his father, I am Eau thy firtborn; I have done according as thou badet me: arie, I pray thee, it and eat of my venion, that thy oul may bles me.

And Iaac aid unto his on, How is it that thou hat found it o quickly, my on? And he aid, Becaue the thy God brought it † to me.

And Iaac aid unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my on, whether thou be my very on Eau or not.

And Jacob went near unto Iaac his father; and he felt him, and aid, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Eau.

And he dicerned him not, becaue his hands were hairy, as his brother Eau's hands: o he bleed him.

And he aid, Art thou my very on Eau? And he aid, I am.

And he aid, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my on's venion, that my oul may bles thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

And his father Iaac aid unto him, Come near now, and kis me, my on.

And he came near, and kied him: and he melled the mell of his raiment, and bleed him, and aid, See, the mell of my on is as the mell of a field which the hath bleed:

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatnes of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

Let people erve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's ons bow down to thee: cured be every one that cureth thee, and bleed be he that bleeth thee.

¶ And it came to pas, as oon as Iaac had made an end of blesing Jacob, and Jacob was yet carce gone out from the preence of Iaac his father, that Eau his brother came in from his hunting.

And he alo had made avoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and aid unto his father, Let my father arie, and eat of his on's venion, that thy oul may bles me.

And Iaac his father aid unto him, Who art thou? And he aid, I am thy on, thy firtborn Eau.

And Iaac † trembled very exceedingly, and aid, Who? where is he that hath † taken venion, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camet, and have bleed him? yea, and he hall be bleed.

¶ And when Eau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and aid unto his father, Bles me, even me alo, O my father.

And he aid, Thy brother came with ubtilty, and hath taken away thy bleing.

And he aid, Is not he rightly named ‖ Jacob? for he hath upplanted me thee two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my bleing. And he aid, Hat thou not reerved a bleing for me?

And Iaac anwered and aid unto Eau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for ervants; and with corn and wine have I ‖ utained him: and what hall I do now unto thee, my on?

And Eau aid unto his father, Hat