o that I may bless you before I die.(Gen27:2-4)(52) Rebekah was listening to the conversation between Isaac and Esau, and after Esau left to get some game, Rebekah went to her son Jacob and told him what she heard. She then said, Now therefore, my son, obey my word as I command you.(Gen 27:8)(53) She directed him to go pick out two select kids so she can cook them for Jacob to bring to Isaac to get the fatherly blessing. Jacob complains, saying that if his father feels him, he will know its not Esau because Esau is hairy and he is not. Hes afraid his father will curse him for it. His mother says to not be afraid of curses because she will take responsibility, and to do what she says, and he does. She cooked the food the way Isaac liked it, dressed Jacob in his brothers best clothes, and put the skin of the kids she cooked on Jacobs hands and neck. She then gave him the food and sent him in to his father. Isaac had a hard time believing it was Esau, but when he felt his sons hands (feeling the skins), he was convinced it was Esau, even though it was the voice of Jacob. He asked how he got the food so quickly, and Jacob answered, Because the Lord your god granted me success.(Gen 27:20)(54) Jacob gave his father the food and some wine, and then Isaac asked him to come close and kiss him. Jacob did so, and his father smelled the skins, believing them to be the aroma of the field. Isaac said his blessing: Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed. May god give you the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine. Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mothers sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!(Gen 27:29)(55) So Jacob took his brothers blessing, relying on his mothers and his own cleverness to excel, revealing his lack of piety in doing so. (16) Jacob left after ...
