Genesis 27
Reading Genesis chapter 27 in the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible, public-domain text from 1899.
Verses 1–10
1 Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him: My son? And he answered: Here I am.
2 And his father said to him, Thou seest that I am old, and know not the day of my death.
3 Take thy arms, thy quiver, and bow, and go abroad; and when thou hast taken something by hunting,
4 Make me a savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it that I may eat: and my soul may bless thee, before I die.
5 And when Rebecca had heard this, and he was gone into the field to fulfil his father's commandment,
6 She said to her son Jacob: I heard thy father talking with Esau, thy brother, and saying to him:
7 Bring me of thy hunting, and make me meats that I may eat, and bless thee in the sight of the Lord, before I die.
8 Now therefore, my son, follow my counsel:
9 And go thy way to the flock, bring me two kids of the best, that I may make of them meat for thy father, such as he gladly eateth.
10 Which when thou hast brought in, and he hath eaten, he may bless thee before he die.
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