Genesis 27

1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

1 وَلَمَّا شَاخَ إِسْحاقُ وَضَعُفَ بَصَرُهُ اسْتَدْعَى ابْنَهُ الأَكْبَرَ عِيسُو وَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا بُنَيَّ،

2 “Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.

2 هَا أَنَا قَدْ شِخْتُ وَلَسْتُ أَعْرِفُ مَتَى يَحِينُ يَوْمُ وَفَاتِي.

3 Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.

3 فَالآنَ خُذْ عُدَّتَكَ: جُعْبَتَكَ وَقَوْسَكَ، وَامْضِ إِلَى الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَاقْتَنِصْ لِي صَيْداً.

4 Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

4 وَجَهِّزْ لِي طَعَاماً شَهِيًّا كَمَا أُحِبُّ وَائْتِنِي بِهِ لِآكُلَ، لِتُبَارِكَكَ نَفْسِي قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ».

5 Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,

5 وَسَمِعَتْ رِفْقَةُ حَدِيثَ إِسْحاقَ لابْنِهِ عِيسُو. فَعِنْدَمَا انْطَلَقَ عِيسُو إِلَى الْبَرِّيَّةِ لِيَصْطَادَ صَيْداً وَيَأْتِيَ بِهِ.

6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,

6 قَالَتْ رِفْقَةُ لابْنِهَا يَعْقُوبَ: «سَمِعْتُ أَبَاكَ يَقُولُ لِعِيسُو أَخِيكَ:

7 ‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’

7 اقْتَنِصْ لِي صَيْداً، وَجَهِّزْ لِي أَطْعِمَةً شَهِيَّةً لِآكُلَ وَأُبَارِكَكَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ قَبْلَ مَوْتِي.

8 Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.

8 وَالآنَ يَا بُنَيَّ أَطِعْ قَوْلِي فِي مَا آمُرُكَ بِهِ،

9 Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.

9 وَاذْهَبْ إِلَى قَطِيعِ الْمَاشِيَةِ، وَاخْتَرْ جَدْيَيْنِ لأُجَهِّزَ لأَبِيكَ أَطْعِمَةً شَهِيَّةً كَمَا يُحِبُّ،

10 Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”

10 تُقَدِّمُهَا لأَبِيكَ لِيَأْكُلَ، فَيُبَارِكَكَ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ».

11 Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.

11 فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِرِفْقَةَ أُمِّهِ: «أَخِي عِيسُو رَجُلٌ أَشْعَرُ، وَأَنَا رَجُلٌ أَمْلَسُ.

12 What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”

12 وَقَدْ يَجُسُّنِي أَبِي فَيَتَبَيَّنُ خِدَاعِي، وَأَسْتَجْلِبُ عَلَى نَفْسِي لَعْنَةً لَا بَرَكَةً».

13 His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

13 فَقَالَتْ لَهُ أُمُّهُ: «لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيَّ يَا بُنَيَّ، فَأَطِعْ قَوْلِي فَقَطْ، وَاذْهَبْ وَأَحْضِرِ الْجَدْيَيْنِ لِي».

14 So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.

14 فَذَهَبَ وَاخْتَارَهُمَا وَأَحْضَرَهُمَا لأُمِّهِ، فَأَعَدَّتْ رِفْقَةُ الأَطْعِمَةَ الْمُطَيَّبَةَ كَمَا يُحِبُّ أَبُوهُ

15 And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.

15 وَتَنَاوَلَتْ ثِيَابَ بِكْرِهَا عِيسُو الْفَاخِرَةَ الْمَوْجُودَةَ عِنْدَهَا فِي الْبَيْتِ وَأَلْبَسَتْ يَعْقُوبَ ابْنَهَا الأَصْغَرَ،

16 She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

16 وَكَذَلِكَ غَطَّتْ يَدَيْهِ وَمَلاسَةَ عُنُقِهِ بِجِلْدِ الْجَدْيَيْنِ.

17 Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.

17 وَأَعْطَتْهُ مَا أَعَدَّتْهُ مِنَ الأَطْعِمَةِ الشَّهِيَّةِ وَالْخُبْزِ.

18 So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”

18 فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى أَبِيهِ وَقَالَ: «يَا أَبِي». فَأَجَابَهُ: «نَعَمْ يَا ابْنِي، مَنْ أَنْتَ؟»

19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”

19 فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ: «أَنَا عِيسُو بِكْرُكَ. وَقَدْ فَعَلْتُ كَمَا طَلَبْتَ، وَالآنَ قُمْ وَاجْلِسْ وَكُلْ مِنْ صَيْدِي حَتَّى تُبَارِكَنِي».

20 But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.

20 فَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: «كَيْفَ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَجِدَ صَيْداً بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ السُّرْعَةِ يَا وَلَدِي؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ قَدْ يَسَّرَ لِي ذَلِكَ».

21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”

21 وَقَالَ إِسْحاقُ: «اقْتَرِبْ مِنِّي لأَجُسَّكَ يَا ابْنِي لأَرَى إِنْ كُنْتَ حَقّاً ابْنِي عِيسُو أَمْ لا».

22 So Jacob came close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

22 فَدَنَا يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ أَبِيهِ إِسْحاقَ فَجَسَّهُ وَقَالَ: «الصَّوْتُ صَوْتُ يَعْقُوبَ، أَمَّا الْيَدَانِ فَهُمَا يَدَا عِيسُو».

23 Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

23 وَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ لأَنَّ يَدَيْهِ كَانَتَا مُشْعِرَتَيْنِ كَيَدَيْ أَخِيهِ عِيسُو، فَبَارَكَهُ،

24 Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”

24 وَسَأَلَ: «هَلْ أَنْتَ ابْنِي عِيسُو؟» فَأَجَابَ: «أَنَا هُوَ».

25 “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.

25 ثُمَّ قَالَ: «قَدِّمْ لِي مِنْ صَيْدِكَ حَتَّى آكُلَ وَأُبَارِكَكَ». فَأَحْضَرَ يَعْقُوبُ إِلَيْهِ الطَّعَامَ فَأَكَلَ ثُمَّ قَدَّمَ لَهُ خَمْراً فَشَرِبَ،

26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”

26 فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْحاقُ أَبُوهُ: «تَعَالَ وَقَبِّلْنِي يَا وَلَدِي».

27 So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.

27 فَاقْتَرَبَ مِنْهُ وَقَبَّلَهُ، فَتَنَسَّمَ رَائِحَةَ ثِيَابِهِ وَبَارَكَهُ قَائِلاً: «هَا إِنَّ رَائِحَةَ ابْنِي كَرَائِحَةِ حَقْلٍ بَارَكَهُ الرَّبُّ،

28 May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.

28 فَلْيُنْعِمْ عَلَيْكَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ نَدَى السَّمَاءِ وَمِنْ خَيْرَاتِ الأَرْضِ، فَيُكَثِّرُ لَكَ الْحِنْطَةَ وَالْخَمْرَ.

29 May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

29 لِتَخْدُمْكَ الشُّعُوبُ، وَتَسْجُدْ لَكَ الْقَبَائِلُ، لِتَكُنْ سَيِّداً عَلَى إِخْوَتِكَ. وَبَنُو أُمِّكِ لَكَ يَنْحَنُونَ. وَلْيَكُنْ لاعِنُوكَ مَلْعُونِينَ، وَمُبَارِكُوكَ مُبَارَكِينَ».

30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.

30 وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ إِسْحاقُ مِنْ مُبَارَكَةِ يَعْقُوبَ، وَخَرَجَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَبِيهِ، رَجَعَ عِيسُو مِنْ صَيْدِهِ،

31 He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”

31 فَجَهَّزَ هُوَ أَيْضاً أَطْعِمَةً طَيِّبَةً وَأَحْضَرَهَا إِلَى أَبِيهِ وَقَالَ: «لِيَقُمْ أَبِي وَيَأْكُلْ مِنْ صَيْدِ ابْنِهِ فَتُبَارِكَنِي نَفْسُكَ».

32 But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” “I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.

32 فَقَالَ إِسْحاقُ: «مَنْ أَنْتَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا ابْنُكَ بِكْرُكَ عِيسُو».

33 Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”

33 فَارْتَعَدَ إِسْحاقُ بِعُنْفٍ وَقَالَ: «مَنْ هُوَ إِذاً الَّذِي اصْطَادَ صَيْداً وَأَحْضَرَهُ إِلَيَّ فَأَكَلْتُ مِنَ الْكُلِّ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَجِيءَ، وَبَارَكْتُهُ؟ وَحَقّاً يَكُونُ مُبَارَكاً».

34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”

34 فَمَا إِنْ سَمِعَ عِيسُو كَلامَ أَبِيهِ حَتَّى أَطْلَقَ صَرْخَةً هَائِلَةً وَمُرَّةً جِدّاً وَقَالَ: «بَارِكْنِي أَنَا أَيْضاً يَا أَبِي».

35 But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”

35 فَأَجَابَ: «لَقَدْ مَكَرَ بِي أَخُوكَ وَسَلَبَ بَرَكَتَكَ».

36 So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

36 فَقَالَ: «أَلَمْ يُدْعَ اسْمُهُ يَعْقُوبَ؟ لَقَدْ تَعَقَّبَنِي مَرَّتَيْنِ: أَخَذَ بَكُورِيَّتِي، وَهَا هُوَ يَسْلُبُنِي الآنَ بَرَكَتِي». ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَمَا احْتَفَظْتَ لِي بِبَرَكَةٍ؟»

37 But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”

37 فَأَجَابَ إِسْحاقُ: «لَقَدْ جَعَلْتُهُ سَيِّداً لَكَ، وَصَيَّرْتُ جَمِيعَ إِخْوَتِهِ لَهْ خُدَّاماً، وَبِالْحِنْطَةِ وَالْخَمْرِ أَمْدَدْتُهُ. فَمَاذَا أَفْعَلُ لَكَ الآنَ يَا وَلَدِي؟».

38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

38 فَقَالَ عِيسُو: «أَلَكَ بَرَكَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَطْ يَا أَبِي؟ بَارِكْنِي أَنَا أَيْضاً يَا أَبِي». وَأَجْهَشَ عِيسُو بِالْبُكَاءِ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ.

39 His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

39 فَأَجَابَهُ أَبُوهُ: «هَا مَسْكَنُكَ يَكُونُ فِي أَرْضٍ جَدْبَاءَ لَا يَهْطِلُ عَلَيْهَا نَدَى السَّمَاءِ.

40 You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

40 بِسَيْفِكَ تَعِيشُ وَلأَخِيكَ تَكُونُ عَبْداً، وَلَكِنْ حِينَ تَجْمَحُ تُحَطِّمُ نِيرَهُ عَنْ عُنْقِكَ».

41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

41 وَحَقَدَ عِيسُو عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا نَالَهُ مِنْ بَرَكَةِ أَبِيهِ. فَنَاجَى نَفْسَهُ: «قَرِيباً يَمُوتُ أَبِي، وَبَعْدَئِذٍ أَقْتُلُ أَخِي يَعْقُوبَ».

42 When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.

42 فَبَلَغَ رِفْقَةَ وَعِيدُ عِيسُو ابْنِهَا الأَكْبَرِ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ وَاسْتَدْعَتْ يَعْقُوبَ ابْنَهَا الأَصْغَرَ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «عِيسُو يُخَطِّطُ لِقَتْلِكَ.

43 So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.

43 وَالآنَ يَا ابْنِي أَصْغِ لِقَوْلِي، وَقُمِ اهْرُبْ إِلَى أَخِي لابَانَ إِلَى حَارَانَ،

44 Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—

44 وَامْكُثْ عِنْدَهُ أَيَّاماً قَلائِلَ رَيْثَمَا يَهْدَأُ سُخْطُ أَخِيكَ.

45 until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

45 وَمَتَى سَكَنَ غَضَبُهُ وَنَسِيَ مَا صَنَعْتَ بِهِ، عِنْدَئِذٍ أَبْعَثُ إِلَيْكَ لِتَعُودَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. فَلِمَاذَا أُحْرَمُ مِنْكُمَا كِلَيْكُمَا فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ؟».

46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”

46 ثُمَّ قَالَتْ رِفْقَةُ لإِسْحاقَ: «قَدْ كَرِهْتُ حَيَاتِي مِنْ جَرَّاءِ الْبَنَاتِ الْحِثِّيَّاتِ، فَإِنْ تَزَوَّجَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنِ الْحِثِّيَّاتِ بَنَاتِ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ الْمُمَاثِلاتِ لِزَوْجَتَيْ عِيسُو، فَإِنَّ مَوْتِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ حَيَاتِي».