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| [1]And it cometh to pass that Isaac [is] aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, `My son;' and he saith unto him, `Here [am] I.' |
[1]Forsothe Isaac wexe eld, and hise iyen dasewiden, and he miyte not se. And he clepide Esau, his more sone, and seide to hym, My sone! Which answerde, Y am present. |
| [2]And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death; |
[2]To whom the fadir seide, Thou seest that Y haue woxun eld, and Y knowe not the dai of my deeth. |
| [3]and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision, |
[3]Take thin armeres, `arewe caas, and a bowe, and go out; and whanne thou hast take ony thing bi huntyng, |
| [4]and make for me tasteful things, [such] as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.' |
[4]make to me a seew therof, as thou knowist that Y wole, and brynge that Y ete, and my soule blesse thee bifore that Y die. |
| [5]And Rebekah is hearkening while Isaac is speaking unto Esau his son; and Esau goeth to the field to hunt provision -- to bring in; |
[5]And whanne Rebecca hadde herd this thing, and he hadde go in to the feeld to fille the comaundment of the fadir, |
| [6]and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying, `Lo, I have heard thy father speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying, |
[6]sche seide to hir sone Jacob, Y herde thi fadir spekynge with Esau, thi brothir, and seiynge to him, Brynge thou me of thin huntyng, |
| [7]Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death. |
[7]and make thow metis, that Y ete, and that Y blesse thee bifor the Lord bifor that Y die. |
| [8]`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee: |
[8]Now therfor, my sone, assent to my counsels, |
| [9]Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things for thy father, [such] as he hath loved; |
[9]and go to the floc, and brynge to me tweyne the beste kidis, that Y make metis of tho to thi fadir, whiche he etith gladli; |
| [10]and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death. |
[10]and that whanne thow hast brouyt in tho metis, and he hath ete, he blesse thee bifore that he die. |
| [11]And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I a smooth man, |
[11]To whom Jacob answerde, Thou knowist that Esau my brother is an heeri man, and Y am smethe; if my fadir `touchith and feelith me, |
| [12]it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon me disesteem, and not a blessing;' |
[12]Y drede lest he gesse that Y wolde scorne him, and lest he brynge in cursyng on me for blessyng. |
| [13]and his mother saith to him, `On me thy disesteem, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take for me.' |
[13]To whom the modir seide, My sone, this cursyng be in me; oonly here thou my vois, and go, and brynge that that Y seide. |
| [14]And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, [such] as his father hath loved; |
[14]He yede, and brouyte, and yaf to his modir. Sche made redi metis, as sche knewe that his fadir wolde, |
| [15]and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which [are] with her in the house, and doth put on Jacob her younger son; |
[15]and sche clothide Jacob in ful goode clothis of Esau, whiche sche hadde at home anentis hir silf. |
| [16]and the skins of the kids of the goats she hath put on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck, |
[16]And sche `compasside the hondis with litle skynnys of kiddis, and kyuerede the `nakide thingis of the necke; |
| [17]and she giveth the tasteful things, and the bread which she hath made, into the hand of Jacob her son. |
[17]and sche yaf seew, and bitook the loouys whiche sche hadde bake. |
| [18]And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, `My father;' and he saith, `Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my son?' |
[18]And whanne these weren brouyt in, he seide, My fadir! And he answerde, Y here; who art thou, my sone? |
| [19]And Jacob saith unto his father, `I [am] Esau thy first-born; I have done as thou hast spoken unto me; rise, I pray thee, sit, and eat of my provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.' |
[19]And Jacob seide, Y am Esau, thi first gendrid sone. Y haue do to thee as thou comaundist to me; rise thou, sitte, and ete of myn huntyng, that thi soule blesse me. |
| [20]And Isaac saith unto his son, `What [is] this thou hast hasted to find, my son?' and he saith, `That which Jehovah thy God hath caused to come before me.' |
[20]Eft Ysaac seide to his sone, My sone, hou miytist thou fynde so soone? Which answerde, It was Goddis wille, that this that Y wolde schulde come soone to me. |
| [21]And Isaac saith unto Jacob, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou [art] he, my son Esau, or not.' |
[21]And Isaac seide, My sone, come thou hidir, that Y touche thee, and that Y preue wher thou art my sone Esau, ethir nay. |
| [22]And Jacob cometh nigh unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and saith, `The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.' |
[22]He neiyede to the fadir; and whanne he hadde feelid hym, Isaac seide, Sotheli the vois is the vois of Jacob, but the hondis ben the hondis of Esau. |
| [23]And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him, |
[23]And Isaac knew not Jacob, for the heery hondis expressiden the licnesse of the more sone. |
| [24]and saith, `Thou art he -- my son Esau?' and he saith, `I [am].' |
[24]Therfor Isaac blesside him, and seide, Art thou my sone Esau? Jacob answerde, Y am. |
| [25]And he saith, `Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son's provision, so that my soul doth bless thee;' and he bringeth nigh to him, and he eateth; and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh. |
[25]And Isaac seide, My sone, brynge thou to me metis of thin huntyng, that my soule blesse thee. And whanne Isaac hadde ete these metis brouyt, Jacob brouyte also wyn to Isaac, and whanne this was drunkun, |
| [26]And Isaac his father saith to him, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;' |
[26]Isaac seide to him, My sone, come thou hidir, and yyue to me a cos. |
| [27]and he cometh nigh, and kisseth him, and he smelleth the fragrance of his garments, and blesseth him, and saith, `See, the fragrance of my son [is] as the fragrance of a field which Jehovah hath blessed; |
[27]Jacob neiyede, and kisside hym; and anoon as Isaac feelide the odour of hise clothis, he blesside him, and seide, Lo! the odour of my sone as the odour of a `feeld ful which the Lord hath blessid. |
| [28]and God doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine; |
[28]God yyue to thee of the dewe of heuene, and of the fatnesse of erthe, aboundaunce of whete, and of wyn, and of oile; |
| [29]peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee [are] cursed, and those who bless thee [are] blessed.' |
[29]and puplis serue thee, and lynagis worschipe thee; be thou lord of thi britheren, and the sones of thi modir be bowid bifor thee; be he cursid that cursith thee, and he that blessith thee, be fillid with blessyngis. |
| [30]And it cometh to pass, as Isaac hath finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother hath come in from his hunting; |
[30]Vnnethis Isaac hadde fillid the word, and whanne Jacob was gon out, |
| [31]and he also maketh tasteful things, and bringeth to his father, and saith to his father, `Let my father arise, and eat of his son's provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.' |
[31]Esau cam, and brouyte in metis sodun of the huntyng to the fadir, and seide, My fadir, rise thou, and ete of the huntyng of thi sone, that thi soule blesse me. |
| [32]And Isaac his father saith to him, `Who [art] thou?' and he saith, `I [am] thy son, thy first-born, Esau;' |
[32]And Isaac seide, Who forsothe art thou? Which answerde, Y am Esau, thi firste gendrid sone. |
| [33]and Isaac trembleth a very great trembling, and saith, `Who, now, [is] he who hath provided provision, and bringeth in to me, and I eat of all before thou comest in, and I bless him? -- yea, blessed is he.' |
[33]Isaac dredde bi a greet astonying; and he wondride more, than it mai be bileued, and seide, Who therfor is he which a while ago brouyte to me huntyng takun, and Y eet of alle thingis bifor that thou camest; and Y blesside him? and he schal be blessid. |
| [34]When Esau heareth the words of his father, then he crieth a very great and bitter cry, and saith to his father, `Bless me, me also, O my father;' |
[34]Whanne the wordis of the fadir weren herd, Esau rorid with a greet cry, and was astonyed, and seide, My fadir, blesse thou also me. |
| [35]and he saith, `Thy brother hath come with subtilty, and taketh thy blessing.' |
[35]Which seide, Thy brother cam prudentli, and took thi blessyng. |
| [36]And he saith, `Is it because [one] called his name Jacob that he doth take me by the heel these two times? my birthright he hath taken; and lo, now, he hath taken my blessing;' he saith also, `Hast thou not kept back a blessing for me?' |
[36]And Esau addide, Justli his name is clepid Jacob, for lo! he supplauntide me another tyme; bifor he took awei `my firste gendride thingis, and now the secounde tyme he rauyschide priueli my blessyng. And eft he seide to the fadir, Wher thou hast not reserued a blessyng also to me? |
| [37]And Isaac answereth and saith to Esau, `Lo, a mighty one have I set him over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and [with] corn and wine have I sustained him; and for thee now, what shall I do, my son?' |
[37]Ysaac answeride, Y haue maad him thi lord, and Y haue maad suget alle hise britheren to his seruage; Y haue stablischid him in whete, and wyn, and oile; and, my sone, what schal Y do to thee aftir these thingis? |
| [38]And Esau saith unto his father, `One blessing hast thou my father? bless me, me also, O my father;' and Esau lifteth up his voice, and weepeth. |
[38]To whom Esau saide, Fadir, wher thou hast oneli o blessyng? Y biseche that also thou blesse me. And whanne Esau wepte with greet yellyng, |
| [39]And Isaac his father answereth and saith unto him, `Lo, of the fatness of the earth is thy dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above; |
[39]Isaac was stirid, and seide to hym, Thi blessyng schal be in the fatnesse of erthe, and in the dew of heuene fro aboue; |
| [40]and by thy sword dost thou live, and thy brother dost thou serve; and it hath come to pass when thou rulest, that thou hast broken his yoke from off thy neck.' |
[40]thou schalt lyue bi swerd, and thou schalt serue thi brothir, and tyme schal come whanne thou schalt shake awei, and vnbynde his yok fro thi nollis. |
| [41]And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning [for] my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.' |
[41]Therfor Esau hatide euer Jacob for the blessyng bi which the fadir hadde blessid hym; and Esau seide in his herte, The daies of morenyng of my fadir schulen come, and Y schal sle Jacob, my brothir. |
| [42]And the words of Esau her elder son are declared to Rebekah, and she sendeth and calleth for Jacob her younger son, and saith unto him, `Lo, Esau thy brother is comforting himself in regard to thee -- to slay thee; |
[42]These thingis weren teld to Rebecca, and sche sente, and clepide hir sone Jacob, and seide to hym, Lo! Esau, thi brothir, manaasith to sle thee; |
| [43]and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran, |
[43]now therfor, my sone, here thou my vois, and rise thou, and fle to Laban, my brother, in Aran; |
| [44]and thou hast dwelt with him some days, till thy brother's fury turn back, |
[44]and thou schalt dwelle with hym a fewe daies, til the woodnesse of thi brother reste, |
| [45]till thy brother's anger turn back from thee, and he hath forgotten that which thou hast done to him, and I have sent and taken thee from thence; why am I bereaved even of you both the same day?' |
[45]and his indignacioun ceesse, and til he foryite tho thingis whiche thou hast don ayens hym. Aftirward Y schal sende, and Y schal brynge thee fro thennus hidir. Whi schal Y be maad soneles of euer eithir sone in o dai? |
| [46]And Rebekah saith unto Isaac, `I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these -- from the daughters of the land -- why do I live?' |
[46]And Rebecca seide to Isaac, It anoieth me of my lijf for the douytris of Heth; if Jacob takith a wijf of the kynrede of this lond, Y nyle lyue. |