The Book of Genesis, Chapter 27ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ ΚΖ′

Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ γηρᾶσαι Ισαακ καὶ ἠμβλύνθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ὁρᾶν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ησαυ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν πρεσβύτερον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Υἱέ. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ ἐγώ.

And it came to pass after Isaac had grown old and his eyes were dimmed so that he could not see, that he called Esau his elder son and said to him, 'My son.' And he said, 'Here I am.'

καὶ εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ γεγήρακα καὶ οὐ γινώσκω τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς τελευτῆς μου·

And he said, 'Behold, I have grown old and do not know the day of my death.'

νῦν οὖν λαβὲ τὸ σκεῦός σου, τήν τε φαρέτραν καὶ τὸ τόξον, καὶ ἔξελθε εἰς τὸ πεδίον καὶ θήρευσόν μοι θήρευμα·

Now therefore, take your equipment — your quiver and your bow — and go out into the field and hunt me some game;

καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα ὡς φιλῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ἔνεγκέ μοι ἵνα φάγω, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου πρὶν ἀποθανεῖν με.

and make me savory food as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.

Ρεβεκκα δὲ ἤκουσεν λαλοῦντος Ισαακ πρὸς Ησαυ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ· ἐπορεύθη δὲ Ησαυ εἰς τὸ πεδίον θηρεῦσαι θήρευμα τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ.

Now Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to his son Esau; and Esau went into the field to hunt game for his father.

Ρεβεκκα δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς Ιακωβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν ἐλάσσονα λέγουσα Ἰδοὺ ἤκουσα τοῦ πατρός σου λαλοῦντος πρὸς Ησαυ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου λέγοντος

And Rebekah said to her younger son Jacob, 'Behold, I heard your father speaking to your brother Esau, saying,

Ἔνεγκέ μοι θήρευμα καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα καὶ φάγω καὶ εὐλογήσω σε ἐναντίον κυρίου πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν με.

'Bring me game and make me savory food, and I will eat and bless you before the LORD before I die.'

νῦν οὖν, υἱέ, ἄκουσόν μου τῆς φωνῆς καθότι ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι·

Now therefore, my son, listen to my voice in what I command you.

πορευθεὶς εἰς τὰ πρόβατα λαβέ μοι ἐκεῖθεν δύο ἐρίφους ἁπαλούς, καὶ ποιήσω αὐτοὺς ἐδέσματα τῷ πατρί σου ὡς φιλεῖ·

Go to the sheep and take me from there two tender kids, and I will make them savory food for your father as he loves;

καὶ εἰσοίσεις τῷ πατρί σου καὶ φάγεται, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ σε ὁ πατήρ σου πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτόν.

and you shall bring it to your father, and he will eat, so that your father may bless you before he dies.

εἶπεν δὲ Ιακωβ πρὸς Ρεβεκκαν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ Ησαυ ὁ ἀδελφός μου ἀνὴρ δασύς, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀνὴρ λεῖος·

But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, 'Esau my brother is a hairy man, but I am a smooth man;'

μήποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ μου, καὶ ἔσομαι ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὡς καταφρονῶν, καὶ ἐπάξω ἐπ᾿ ἐμαυτὸν κατάραν καὶ οὐκ εὐλογίαν.

Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall appear to him as a deceiver, and I will bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ Ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἡ κατάρα σου, τέκνον· μόνον ὑπάκουσόν μου τῆς φωνῆς καὶ πορευθεὶς ἔνεγκέ μοι.

But his mother said to him, 'Upon me be your curse, my child; only obey my voice, and go and bring me the things I said.'

πορευθεὶς δὲ ἔλαβεν καὶ ἤνεγκεν τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ ἐδέσματα καθὰ ἐφίλει ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.

So he went and took them and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savory food as his father loved.

καὶ λαβοῦσα Ρεβεκκα τὴν στολὴν Ησαυ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου τὴν καλήν, ἣ ἦν παρ᾿ αὐτῇ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, ἐνέδυσεν Ιακωβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν νεώτερον·

Then Rebekah took the fine garment of her elder son Esau, which she had with her in the house, and put it on her younger son Jacob;

καὶ τὰ δέρματα τῶν ἐρίφων περιέθηκεν ἐπὶ τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ λεῖα τοῦ τραχήλου αὐτοῦ·

and she put the skins of the kids upon his arms and upon the smooth part of his neck;

καὶ ἔδωκεν τὰ ἐδέσματα καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους οὓς ἐποίησεν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας Ιακωβ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς.

And she gave the savory food and the bread she had made into the hands of her son Jacob.

καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν δέ Πάτερ. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Τί ἐστι, τέκνον;

And he brought it to his father. And he said, 'Father.' And he said, 'What is it, my child?'

καὶ εἶπεν Ιακωβ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἐγὼ Ησαυ ὁ πρωτότοκός σου· ἐποίησα καθὰ ἐλάλησάς μοι· ἀναστὰς κάθισον καὶ φάγε τῆς θήρας μου, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ με ἡ ψυχή σου.

And Jacob said to his father, 'I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. Rise, sit, and eat of my game, so that your soul may bless me.'

εἶπεν δὲ Ισαακ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ Τί τοῦτο ὃ ταχὺ εὗρες, ὦ τέκνον; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ὃ παρέδωκεν κύριος ὁ θεός σου ἐναντίον μου.

And Isaac said to his son, 'What is this that you found so quickly, my child?' And he said, 'It is what the LORD your God delivered before me.'

εἶπεν δὲ Ισαακ τῷ Ιακωβ Ἔγγισόν μοι καὶ ψηλαφήσω σε, τέκνον, εἰ σύ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου Ησαυ ἢ οὔ.

And Isaac said to Jacob, 'Come near to me so that I may feel you, my child, whether you are really my son Esau or not.'

ἤγγισεν δὲ Ιακωβ πρὸς Ισαακ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐψηλάφησεν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν Ἡ μὲν φωνὴ φωνὴ Ιακωβ, αἱ δὲ χεῖρες χεῖρες Ησαυ.

So Jacob drew near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, 'The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.'

καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνω αὐτόν, ἦσαν γὰρ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ὡς αἱ χεῖρες Ησαυ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ δασεῖαι· καὶ ηὐλόγησεν αὐτόν.

And he did not recognize him, for his hands were like the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him.

καὶ εἶπεν Σύ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου Ησαυ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἐγώ.

And he said, 'Are you really my son Esau?' And he said, 'I am.'

εἶπεν δέ Προσάγαγέ μοι καὶ φάγομαι ἀπὸ τῆς θήρας σου, τέκνον, ἵνα εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου. καὶ προσήγαγεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔφαγεν· καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν αὐτῷ οἶνον, καὶ ἔπιεν.

And he said, 'Bring it near to me and I will eat of your game, my child, so that my soul may bless you.' And he brought it to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ισαακ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ Ἔγγισόν μοι καὶ φίλησόν με, τέκνον.

And Isaac his father said to him, 'Come near to me and kiss me, my child.'

καὶ ἐγγίσας ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν· καὶ ὠσφράνθη τὴν ὀσμὴν τῶν ἱματίων αὐτοῦ καὶ ηὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ ὀσμὴ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου ὡς ὀσμὴ ἀγροῦ πλήρους, ὃν ηὐλόγησεν κύριος.

And he drew near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, 'See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a full field which the LORD has blessed.'

καὶ δῴη σοι ὁ θεὸς ἀπὸ τῆς δρόσου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς πιότητος τῆς γῆς καὶ πλῆθος σίτου καὶ οἴνου·

May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and wine;

καὶ δουλευσάτωσάν σοι ἔθνη, καὶ προσκυνησάτωσάν σοι ἄρχοντες· καὶ γίνου κύριος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, καὶ προσκυνήσουσίν σοι οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ πατρός σου· ὁ καταρώμενός σε ἐπικατάρατος, ὁ δὲ εὐλογῶν σε εὐλογημένος.

May nations serve you, and may rulers bow down to you; and be lord over your brother, and may the sons of your father bow down to you. Cursed be he who curses you, and blessed be he who blesses you.

Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ παύσασθαι Ισαακ εὐλογοῦντα Ιακωβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἐξῆλθεν Ιακωβ ἀπὸ προσώπου Ισαακ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ Ησαυ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἦλθεν ἀπὸ τῆς θήρας αὐτοῦ.

And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing his son Jacob, and it came to pass as Jacob went out from before Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

καὶ ἐποίησεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐδέσματα καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἀναστήτω ὁ πατήρ μου καὶ φαγέτω ἀπὸ τῆς θήρας τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ με ἡ ψυχή σου.

And he too made savory food and brought it to his father and said to his father, 'Let my father arise and eat from the hunting of his son, so that your soul may bless me.'

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ισαακ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ Τίς εἶ σύ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ υἱός σου ὁ πρωτότοκος Ησαυ.

And Isaac his father said to him, 'Who are you?' And he said, 'I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.'

ἐξέστη δὲ Ισαακ ἔκστασιν μεγάλην σφόδρα καὶ εἶπεν Τίς οὖν ὁ θηρεύσας μοι θήρευμα καὶ εἰσενέγκας μοι, καὶ ἔφαγον ἀπὸ πάντων πρὸ τοῦ σε ἐλθεῖν καὶ ηὐλόγησα αὐτόν, καὶ εὐλογημένος ἔσται;

And Isaac trembled with a very great trembling, and said, 'Who then is the one who hunted game for me and brought it to me, and I ate from everything before you came, and I blessed him? And he will be blessed.'

ἐγένετο δὲ ἡνίκα ἤκουσεν Ησαυ τὰ ῥήματα Ισαακ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ἀνεβόησεν φωνὴν μεγάλην καὶ πικρὰν σφόδρα καὶ εἶπεν Εὐλόγησον δὴ κἀμέ, πάτερ.

And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry and said, 'Bless me too, please, father!'

εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ Ἦλθεν ὁ ἀδελφός σου μετὰ δόλου καὶ ἔλαβεν τὴν εὐλογίαν σου.

And he said to him, 'Your brother came with deceit and took your blessing.'

καὶ εἶπεν Δικαίως ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ιακωβ· ἐπτέρνικεν γάρ με ἤδη δεύτερον· τά τε πρωτοτόκιά μου εἴληφεν, καὶ νῦν εἴληφεν τὴν εὐλογίαν μου. καὶ εἶπεν Οὐχ ὑπελείπω μοι εὐλογίαν;

And he said, 'Rightly was his name called Jacob, for he has tripped me now twice: he took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.' And he said, 'Have you not left a blessing for me?'

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ισαακ εἶπεν τῷ Ησαυ Εἰ κύριον αὐτὸν ἐποίησά σου καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐποίησα αὐτοῦ οἰκέτας καὶ σίτῳ καὶ οἴνῳ ἐστήρισα αὐτόν, σοὶ δὲ τί ποιήσω, τέκνον;

And Isaac answered and said to Esau, 'If I have made him your lord and all his brothers I have made his servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him, what then shall I do for you, my child?'

εἶπεν δὲ Ησαυ πρὸς Ισαακ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ Μὴ εὐλογία μία σοί ἐστιν, πάτερ; εὐλόγησον δὴ κἀμέ, πάτερ. κατανυχθέντος δὲ Ισαακ, ἀνεβόησεν φωνὴν Ησαυ καὶ ἔκλαυσεν.

And Esau said to his father Isaac, 'Do you have only one blessing, father? Bless me too, please, father.' And as Isaac was moved with grief, Esau raised his voice and wept.

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ισαακ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰδοὺ ἀπὸ τῆς πιότητος τῆς γῆς ἔσται ἡ κατοίκησίς σου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δρόσου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἄνωθεν·

And Isaac his father answered and said to him, 'Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall be your dwelling, and away from the dew of heaven above;'

καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ μαχαίρᾳ σου ζήσῃ καὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου δουλεύσεις· ἔσται δὲ ἡνίκα ἐὰν καθέλῃς καὶ ἐκλύσεις τὸν ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου σου.

And you shall live by your sword and shall serve your brother; and it shall be that when you break free you will throw off his yoke from your neck.

Καὶ ἐνεκότει Ησαυ τῷ Ιακωβ περὶ τῆς εὐλογίας ἧς εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ· εἶπεν δὲ Ησαυ ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ αὐτοῦ Ἐγγισάτωσαν αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ πένθους τοῦ πατρός μου, ἵνα ἀποκτείνω Ιακωβ τὸν ἀδελφόν μου.

And Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, 'The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.'

ἀπηγγέλη δὲ Ρεβεκκᾳ τὰ ῥήματα Ησαυ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου· καὶ ἀποστείλασα ἐκάλεσεν Ιακωβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν νεώτερον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰδοὺ Ησαυ ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἀπειλεῖ σε ἀποκτεῖναι.

And the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah; and she sent and called her younger son Jacob and said to him, 'Behold, your brother Esau threatens to kill you.'

νῦν οὖν, τέκνον, ἄκουσόν μου τῆς φωνῆς καὶ ἀναστὰς ἀπόδραθι εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν πρὸς Λαβαν τὸν ἀδελφόν μου εἰς Χαρραν·

Now therefore, my child, listen to my voice, and arise and flee to Mesopotamia, to my brother Laban, in Haran;

καὶ οἴκει μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας τινὰς ἕως τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι τὸν θυμὸν καὶ τὴν ὀργὴν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου ἀπὸ σοῦ,

and dwell with him for some days until your brother's anger and wrath turn away from you,

ἕως τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι τὸν θυμὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου ἀπό σου καὶ ἐπιλάθηταί σε καὶ ἃ πεποίηκας αὐτῷ· καὶ ἀποστείλασα μεταπέμψομαί σε ἐκεῖθεν· μήποτε ἀτεκνωθῶ ἀπὸ τῶν δύο ὑμῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ.

until your brother's anger turns away from you and he forgets what you did to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved of both of you in one day?

εἶπεν δὲ Ρεβεκκα πρὸς Ισαακ Προσώχθικα τῇ ζωῇ μου διὰ τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ Χετ· εἰ λήμψεται Ιακωβ γυναῖκα ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῆς γῆς ταύτης, ἵνατί μοι ζῆν;

And Rebekah said to Isaac, 'I am utterly weary of my life because of the daughters of the sons of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of this land, what is life to me?'