Genesis · Chapter 27

[ edit] Yſaac forſoþe was olde, and his eyen wexen derk, and he myȝte not ſe. And he clepide Eſau, his moor ſone, and ſeide to hym, My ſone! Þe which anſweryde, I am nyȝ. To whom þe fader, Þow ſeeſt, he ſeiþ, þat Y am wexun olde, and vnknowe þe day of my deeþ. Take þin armes, quyuer and bowe, and go forþ oute; and whan þow haſt wiþ huntyng eny þing takun, make to me þerof ſowil, as þow knowe me to wiln, and brynge to me þat I ete, þat my ſoule blis to þee or I dye.

Þe which whan Rebecca hadde herd, and he was goon a wey in to þe feeld, þat he fulfille þe heeſt of þe fader, ſhe ſeide to hir ſone Jacob, I herde þi fader ſpekynge wiþ Eſau, þi broþer, and ſeiynge to hym, Brynge to me of þin huntyng, and maak metis, þat I ete, and Y ſhal bliſſe to þee bifore þe Lord or I dye. Now þanne aſſente to my counſeyls, my ſone, and goynge to þe flok, brynge to me two þe beſt kyddis, þat I make of hem meet to þi fader, þe which he eet gladly; þe whiche whan þow bryngiſt yn, and he etiþ, he bliſſe to þee or þan he die.

To whom he anſweride, Þow haſt know þat Eſau my broþer is a man ful of heer, and I ſoft; if my fader groop and fele, Y drede leſt he wene me wiln to bigile hym, and brynge on me malyſoun for benyſoun. To whom þe moder, In me be, ſhe ſeiþ, þis maliſoun, my ſone; oonli here my vois, and goynge forþ brynge to þat Y ſeide. He ȝede a wey, and brouȝte to, and ȝaue to his modir. She greiþide meetis, as ſhe knewe þe fader of hym wiln, and wiþ þe cloþis of Eſau ful good, þe whiche anentis hyr ſhe hadde at hoom, ſhe cloþid hym. And ſhe dide about his hondis litel ſkynnes of kiddis, and ſhe forcoueride þe nakid of þe nak; and ȝaue ſowil, and took þe looues þat ſhe hadde ſoþun.

Þe whiche þingis brouȝt to, ſeide, Fader myn! And he anſweryde, I here; who art þow, ſone myn? And Jacob ſeide, Y am Eſau, þi firſt getun. Y haue do to þee as þow haſt comaundide me; aryſe, ſit, and eet of myn huntyng, þat þi ſoule bliſſe to me. Eft Yſaac to his ſone, How, he ſeiþ, ſo ſoone fynde þow myȝtiſt, ſone myne? Þe which anſweride, Þe wil of God was, þat ſoone it ſhulde com to me þat I wolde. And Yſaac ſeide, Come nerre hider, þat I towche þee, ſone myn, and proue wheþir þow be my ſone Eſau, or noon. He com nerre to þe fader; and, hym gropid, ſeide Yſaac, Þe vois forſoþe is þe vois of Jacob, but þe hondis ben þe hondis of Eſau.

And he knewe hym not, for þe heery hondis expreſſiden þe liknes of þe moor. Þanne blyſſynge to hym, ſeide, Þow art my ſone Eſau? He anſweride, I am. And he, Brynge forþ, he ſeide, to me meetis of þin hunting, ſone myn, þat my ſoule bliſſe to þee. Þe which offryd, whan he hadde eet, alſo and wyyn he offride, þe which drunkun, ſeide to hym, Come nerre to me, and ȝyue to me a coſſe, ſone myn. He com nerre, and coſſyde hym; and anoon þat he felide þe good ſmel of his cloþis, bliſſynge to hym ſeiþ, Loo! þe ſmel of my ſone as þe ſmel of a ful feeld, to þe which þe Lord bliſſide.

God ȝyue to þee of þe dew of heuen, and of fatnes of þe erþe, plente of wheet, and of wyyn, and of oyle; and to þee ſeruen puplis, and lowten þee lynagis; be þow þe lord of þi briþeren, and þe ſonys of þi moder be þei bowid bifore þee; who ſhal curſe to þee, be he curſid, and who ſhal blis to þee, wiþ bliſſyngis be he fulfillid. Vnneþ Yſaac had fulfillid þe word, and Jacob goon out, Eſau com, and ſoþen meetis of þe huntyng broute yn to þe fader, ſeiynge, Aryſe, fader myn, and eet of þe huntyng of þi ſone, þat þi ſoule bliſſe to me. And Yſaac ſeide, Who forſoþe art þow? Þe which anſweride, Y am þi firſt getun ſone Eſau.

Iſaac wexe adred in a hidows ſtonying, and more þan it may be leuyd wondrynge, ſeiþ, Who is þanne he þat now riȝt brouȝte to me huntyng takun, and Y ete of al bifore þat þow com, and Y bliſſide hym? and he ſhal be bliſſid. Eſau, þe wordis of þe fader herd, roride wiþ a greet crye, and ſtonyed ſeide, Alſo blis and to me, fader myn. Þe which ſeide, Þi broþir com gilyngliche, and took þi bliſſyng. And he ekyde to, Juſtli is þe name of hym clepid Jacob; he forſoþe haþ ſubplauntid me loo! anoþir ſiþe; þe riȝtis of my fyrſt geting biforn he took a wey, and now ſecounde he haþ vnder rauyſhide my benyſoun. And eftſonys to þe fader, And wheþir þow haſt not reſeruyd, he ſeiþ, to me þi bliſſyng?

Yſaac anſweryde, Þi lord I haue ordeynyde him, and alle his briþeren I haue vndir ȝockid to þe ſeruyce of hym; wiþ wheet, and wyne, and oyle I haue ſtablid hym; and to þee, ſone myn, after þeſe ouer what ſhal Y doon? To whom Eſau ſeide, Wheþer oonlich o bliſſyng þow haſt fader? And to me Y preie þee þat þow blis; and wiþ a greet ȝowlyng he wepte. Yſaac moued, ſeide to hym, In þe fatnes of þe erþe, and in þe dewe of heuene fro aboue ſhal be þi bliſſyng; þow ſhalt lyue in ſwerd, and to þi broþer þow ſhalt ſerue, and tyme ſhal come whanne þow ſhalt ſhaak out, and lowſe þe ȝok of hym of þi nollys.

Þan Eſau euermore hatide Jacob for þe bliſſyng þat þe fader bliſſide to hym, and ſeide in his herte, Þe dayes of weilyng of my fader ſhal come, and I ſhal ſlee Jacob, my broþer. Þes þingis weren tolde to Rebecca, þe which ſendynge and clepynge hire ſone Jacob, ſeide to hym, Loo! Eſau, þi broþer, þretiþ þat he ſlee þee; now þanne, ſone, here my vois, and aryſynge fle to Laban, my broþer, in Aran; and þow ſhalt dwelle wiþ hym a fewe dayes, to þe tyme þat þe woodnes of þi broþer reſte, and þe indignacioun of hym ceeſſe, and he forȝeete þe þingis þat þow haſt doon to hym. Afterward Y ſhal ſende and lede þee fro þens hydir. Whi ſhal Y be priued of eiþir ſone in o day?

And Rebecca ſeide to Yſaac, It noieþ me of my lijf for þe dowȝtrys of Heþ; if Jacob ſhal taak a wijf of þe lynage of þis loond, Y nyl not lyue.