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وَحَدَثَ لَمَّا شَاخَ إِسْحَاقُ وَكَلَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ عَنِ ٱلنَّظَرِ، أَنَّهُ دَعَا عِيسُوَ ٱبْنَهُ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا ٱبْنِي». فَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَأَنَذَا». ١ 1
When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son,
فَقَالَ: «إِنَّنِي قَدْ شِخْتُ وَلَسْتُ أَعْرِفُ يَوْمَ وَفَاتِي. ٢ 2
and said to him, “My son?” Esau replied, “Here I am!”
فَٱلْآنَ خُذْ عُدَّتَكَ: جُعْبَتَكَ وَقَوْسَكَ، وَٱخْرُجْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ وَتَصَيَّدْ لِي صَيْدًا، ٣ 3
Isaac said, “Listen to me. I am very old, and I do not know when I will die. So now take your bow and quiver full of arrows and go out into the countryside, and hunt for a wild animal for me.
وَٱصْنَعْ لِي أَطْعِمَةً كَمَا أُحِبُّ، وَأْتِنِي بِهَا لِآكُلَ حَتَّى تُبَارِكَكَ نَفْسِي قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ». ٤ 4
Kill one and prepare the kind of tasty meat that I like. Then bring it to me so that after I eat it, I can give you a blessing before I die.”
وَكَانَتْ رِفْقَةُ سَامِعَةً إِذْ تَكَلَّمَ إِسْحَاقُ مَعَ عِيسُو ٱبْنِهِ. فَذَهَبَ عِيسُو إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ كَيْ يَصْطَادَ صَيْدًا لِيَأْتِيَ بِهِ. ٥ 5
Rebekah was listening as Isaac said that to his son, Esau. So when Esau left the tent to go to the countryside to hunt for a wild animal in order to kill it and bring it back,
وَأَمَّا رِفْقَةُ فَكَلمتْ يَعْقُوبَ ٱبْنِهَا قَائِلةً: «إِنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَبَاكَ يُكَلِّمُ عِيسُوَ أَخَاكَ قَائِلًا: ٦ 6
Rebekah said to her son, Jacob, “Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother, Esau, saying,
ٱئْتِنِي بِصَيْدٍ وَٱصْنَعْ لِي أَطْعِمَةً لِآكُلَ وَأُبَارِكَكَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِي. ٧ 7
‘Go and kill some wild animal and bring it here, and prepare the meat in a tasty way, so that I may eat it, and then before I die I can give you my blessing while Yahweh is listening.’
فَٱلْآنَ يَا ٱبْنِي ٱسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِي فِي مَا أَنَا آمُرُكَ بِهِ: ٨ 8
So now, my son, do what I am telling you.
اِذْهَبْ إِلَى ٱلْغَنَمِ وَخُذْ لِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ جَدْيَيْنِ جَيِّدَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْمِعْزَى، فَأَصْنَعَهُمَا أَطْعِمَةً لِأَبِيكَ كَمَا يُحِبُّ، ٩ 9
Go out to the flock and [kill] two nice young goats and bring [the meat] to me. Then I will prepare some tasty food for your father, the way he likes it.
فَتُحْضِرَهَا إِلَى أَبِيكَ لِيَأْكُلَ حَتَّى يُبَارِكَكَ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ». ١٠ 10
Then you can take it to your father, in order that he can eat it, and then, before he dies, he will give his blessing to you, [and not to your older brother].”
فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِرِفْقَةَ أُمِّهِ: «هُوَذَا عِيسُو أَخِي رَجُلٌ أَشْعَرُ وَأَنَا رَجُلٌ أَمْلَسُ. ١١ 11
But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “But my brother Esau’s skin has hair all over it, and my skin is not like that! My skin is smooth!
رُبَّمَا يَجُسُّنِي أَبِي فَأَكُونُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ كَمُتَهَاوِنٍ، وَأَجْلِبُ عَلَى نَفْسِي لَعْنَةً لَا بَرَكَةً». ١٢ 12
What will happen if my father touches me? He will realize that I am tricking him, and as a result (I will be cursed/he will say that God will do bad things to) me, not a blessing!”
فَقَالَتْ لَهُ أُمُّهُ: «لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيَّ يَا ٱبْنِي. اِسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِي فَقَطْ وَٱذْهَبْ خُذْ لِي». ١٣ 13
His mother replied, “If that happens, let the curse be on me. You do what I am telling you. Go and get the goats for me!”
فَذَهَبَ وَأَخَذَ وَأَحْضَرَ لِأُمِّهِ، فَصَنَعَتْ أُمُّهُ أَطْعِمَةً كَمَا كَانَ أَبُوهُ يُحِبُّ. ١٤ 14
So Jacob went and killed two goats and brought them to his mother. Then [with the meat] his mother prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked.
وَأَخَذَتْ رِفْقَةُ ثِيَابَ عِيسُو ٱبْنِهَا ٱلْأَكْبَرِ ٱلْفَاخِرَةَ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ عِنْدَهَا فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ وَأَلْبَسَتْ يَعْقُوبَ ٱبْنَهَا ٱلْأَصْغَرَ، ١٥ 15
Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s clothes that were with her in the tent, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
وَأَلْبَسَتْ يَدَيْهِ وَمَلَاسَةَ عُنُقِهِ جُلُودَ جَدْيَيِ ٱلْمِعْزَى. ١٦ 16
She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
وَأَعْطَتِ ٱلْأَطْعِمَةَ وَٱلْخُبْزَ ٱلَّتِي صَنَعَتْ فِي يَدِ يَعْقُوبَ ٱبْنِهَا. ١٧ 17
Then she handed him some bread and the tasty food that she had prepared.
فَدَخَلَ إِلَى أَبِيهِ وَقَالَ: «يَا أَبِي». فَقَالَ: «هَأَنَذَا. مَنْ أَنْتَ يَا ٱبْنِي؟». ١٨ 18
Jacob took it to his father and said, “My father!” Isaac replied, “I’m here; which of my sons are you?”
فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِأَبِيهِ: «أَنَا عِيسُو بِكْرُكَ. قَدْ فَعَلْتُ كَمَا كَلَّمْتَنِي. قُمِ ٱجْلِسْ وَكُلْ مِنْ صَيْدِي لِكَيْ تُبَارِكَنِي نَفْسُكَ». ١٩ 19
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn son. I did what you told me to do. Sit up and eat some of the meat so that you can then bless me.”
فَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ لِٱبْنِهِ: «مَا هَذَا ٱلَّذِي أَسْرَعْتَ لِتَجِدَ يَا ٱبْنِي؟». فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ قَدْ يَسَّرَ لِي». ٢٠ 20
But Isaac asked his son, “My son, how is it that you were able to find and kill an animal so quickly?” Jacob replied, “Because Yahweh, whom you worship, enabled me to be successful.”
فَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «تَقَدَّمْ لِأَجُسَّكَ يَا ٱبْنِي. أَأَنْتَ هُوَ ٱبْنِي عِيسُو أَمْ لَا؟». ٢١ 21
Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near to me, my son, so that I can touch you and determine whether you are really my son Esau.”
فَتَقَدَّمَ يَعْقُوبُ إِلَى إِسْحَاقَ أَبِيهِ، فَجَسَّهُ وَقَالَ: «ٱلصَّوْتُ صَوْتُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْيَدَيْنِ يَدَا عِيسُو». ٢٢ 22
So Jacob went close to him. Isaac. Isaac touched him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob, but your hands feel hairy, like the hands of your older brother, Esau.”
وَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ لِأَنَّ يَدَيْهِ كَانَتَا مُشْعِرَتَيْنِ كَيَدَيْ عِيسُو أَخِيهِ، فَبَارَكَهُ. ٢٣ 23
Isaac did not recognize Jacob, [because he was blind] and because Jacob’s hands were now hairy, like those of his older brother, Esau. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.
وَقَالَ: «هَلْ أَنْتَ هُوَ ٱبْنِي عِيسُو؟». فَقَالَ: «أَنَا هُوَ». ٢٤ 24
But first Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob replied, “Yes, I am.”
فَقَالَ: «قَدِّمْ لِي لِآكُلَ مِنْ صَيْدِ ٱبْنِي حَتَّى تُبَارِكَكَ نَفْسِي». فَقَدَّمَ لَهُ فَأَكَلَ، وَأَحْضَرَ لَهُ خَمْرًا فَشَرِبَ. ٢٥ 25
Isaac said, “My son, bring me some of the meat that you have cooked, so that I may eat it and then give you my blessing.” So Jacob brought him some, and he ate it. Jacob also brought him some wine, and he drank it.
فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْحَاقُ أَبُوهُ: «تَقَدَّمْ وَقَبِّلْنِي يَا ٱبْنِي». ٢٦ 26
Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come here and kiss me.”
فَتَقَدَّمَ وَقَبَّلَهُ، فَشَمَّ رَائِحَةَ ثِيَابِهِ وَبَارَكَهُ، وَقَالَ: «ٱنْظُرْ! رَائِحَةُ ٱبْنِي كَرَائِحَةِ حَقْلٍ قَدْ بَارَكَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ. ٢٧ 27
So Jacob came close to him, and his father kissed him on the cheek. Isaac smelled the clothes Jacob was wearing. They smelled like Esau’s clothes. So he said, “Truly, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed.
فَلْيُعْطِكَ ٱللهُ مِنْ نَدَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَمِنْ دَسَمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَكَثْرَةَ حِنْطَةٍ وَخَمْرٍ. ٢٨ 28
I ask that God will send down to you dew from heaven [to water your fields], and cause you to have abundant crops, good harvests of grain, and grapes for wine.
لِيُسْتَعْبَدْ لَكَ شُعُوبٌ، وَتَسْجُدْ لَكَ قَبَائِلُ. كُنْ سَيِّدًا لِإِخْوَتِكَ، وَلْيَسْجُدْ لَكَ بَنُو أُمِّكَ. لِيَكُنْ لَاعِنُوكَ مَلْعُونِينَ، وَمُبَارِكُوكَ مُبَارَكِينَ». ٢٩ 29
I ask that people of many nations will serve you and bow down to you. I ask that you will rule over your brothers, and that your mother’s descendants will also bow down to you. I ask that God will curse/punish those who (curse you/ask God to do bad things to you), and bless those who bless you.”
وَحَدَثَ عِنْدَمَا فَرَغَ إِسْحَاقُ مِنْ بَرَكَةِ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَعْقُوبُ قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنْ لَدُنْ إِسْحَاقَ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عِيسُوَ أَخَاهُ أَتَى مِنْ صَيْدِهِ، ٣٠ 30
After Isaac finished blessing Jacob, Jacob was just leaving the room where his father was, when his older brother, Esau, returned from hunting.
فَصَنَعَ هُوَ أَيْضًا أَطْعِمَةً وَدَخَلَ بِهَا إِلَى أَبِيهِ وَقَالَ لِأَبِيهِ: «لِيَقُمْ أَبِي وَيَأْكُلْ مِنْ صَيْدِ ٱبْنِهِ حَتَّى تُبَارِكَنِي نَفْسُكَ». ٣١ 31
Esau cooked some tasty meat and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “My father, please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have cooked, so that you can then give me your blessing!”
فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْحَاقُ أَبُوهُ: «مَنْ أَنْتَ؟» فَقَالَ: «أَنَا ٱبْنُكَ بِكْرُكَ عِيسُو». ٣٢ 32
His father, Isaac, said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am Esau, your firstborn son!”
فَٱرْتَعَدَ إِسْحَاقُ ٱرْتِعَادًا عَظِيمًا جِدًّا وَقَالَ: «فَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي ٱصْطَادَ صَيْدًا وَأَتَى بِهِ إِلَيَّ فَأَكَلْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكُلِّ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَجِيءَ، وَبَارَكْتُهُ؟ نَعَمْ، وَيَكُونُ مُبَارَكًا». ٣٣ 33
Then Isaac, realizing that it was not Esau who had come earlier, trembled very violently. He said, “Then who is it that brought me some meat from an animal that he had hunted and killed, and I ate it all? He was here just before you came. I blessed him, and I cannot (take back that blessing/declare that those things will not happen to him).”
فَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ عِيسُو كَلَامَ أَبِيهِ صَرَخَ صَرْخَةً عَظِيمَةً وَمُرَّةً جِدًّا، وَقَالَ لِأَبِيهِ: «بَارِكْنِي أَنَا أَيْضًا يَا أَبِي». ٣٤ 34
When Esau heard those words of his father, he cried loudly. He was very disappointed. He said to his father, “My father, bless me, too!”
فَقَالَ: «قَدْ جَاءَ أَخُوكَ بِمَكْرٍ وَأَخَذَ بَرَكَتَكَ». ٣٥ 35
But his father said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing!”
فَقَالَ: «أَلَا إِنَّ ٱسْمَهُ دُعِيَ يَعْقُوبَ، فَقَدْ تَعَقَّبَنِي ٱلْآنَ مَرَّتَيْنِ! أَخَذَ بَكُورِيَّتِي، وَهُوَذَا ٱلْآنَ قَدْ أَخَذَ بَرَكَتِي». ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَمَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِي بَرَكَةً؟». ٣٦ 36
Esau said, “It is right [RHQ] that his name is Jacob, which means ‘cheat,’ because he deceived me two times. The first time he took my rights from being his firstborn son, and this time he took my blessing!” Then he asked, “Do you not have any blessing left for me?”
فَأَجَابَ إِسْحَاقُ وَقَالَ لِعِيسُو: «إِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُهُ سَيِّدًا لَكَ، وَدَفَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعَ إِخْوَتِهِ عَبِيدًا، وَعَضَدْتُهُ بِحِنْطَةٍ وَخَمْرٍ. فَمَاذَا أَصْنَعُ إِلَيْكَ يَا ٱبْنِي؟» ٣٧ 37
Isaac answered and said to Esau, “I have declared that your younger brother will rule over you, and declared that all his relatives will serve him. And I have said that God will give him plenty of grain and grapes for wine. So, my son, (what can I do for you?/There is nothing more that I can do for you!)” [RHQ]
فَقَالَ عِيسُو لِأَبِيهِ: «أَلَكَ بَرَكَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَطْ يَا أَبِي؟ بَارِكْنِي أَنَا أَيْضًا يَا أَبِي». وَرَفَعَ عِيسُو صَوْتَهُ وَبَكَى. ٣٨ 38
Esau said to his father, “My father, do you have only one blessing? My father, bless me, too!” Then Esau cried very loudly.
فَأَجَابَ إِسْحَاقُ أَبُوهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هُوَذَا بِلَا دَسَمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَكُونُ مَسْكَنُكَ، وَبِلَا نَدَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ مِنْ فَوْقُ. ٣٩ 39
His father Isaac answered and said to him, “The place where you will live will be far from the fertile soil and from the dew that God sends from heaven [to water the fields].
وَبِسَيْفِكَ تَعِيشُ، وَلِأَخِيكَ تُسْتَعْبَدُ، وَلَكِنْ يَكُونُ حِينَمَا تَجْمَحُ أَنَّكَ تُكَسِّرُ نِيرَهُ عَنْ عُنُقِكَ». ٤٠ 40
You will [rob and] kill people [MTY] in order to [get what you need to] live, and you will be as though you are your brother’s slave. But when you decide to rebel against him, you will (free yourself from/no longer be under) his control.”
فَحَقَدَ عِيسُو عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْبَرَكَةِ ٱلَّتِي بَارَكَهُ بِهَا أَبُوهُ. وَقَالَ عِيسُو فِي قَلْبِهِ: «قَرُبَتْ أَيَّامُ مَنَاحَةِ أَبِي، فَأَقْتُلُ يَعْقُوبَ أَخِي». ٤١ 41
So, because his father had given a blessing to Jacob, and not to him, Esau hated his younger brother. Esau thought to himself, “After my father dies and we finish mourning for him, I will kill Jacob!”
فَأُخْبِرَتْ رِفْقَةُ بِكَلَامِ عِيسُوَ ٱبْنِهَا ٱلْأَكْبَرِ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ وَدَعَتْ يَعْقُوبَ ٱبْنَهَا ٱلْأَصْغَرَ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «هُوَذَا عِيسُو أَخُوكَ مُتَسَلٍّ مِنْ جِهَتِكَ بِأَنَّهُ يَقْتُلُكَ. ٤٢ 42
But Rebekah found out what her older son, Esau, was thinking. So she summoned her younger son, Jacob, and said to him, “Listen to me. Your older brother, Esau, is [comforting himself by] planning to kill you, to get revenge because of your deceiving your father.
فَٱلْآنَ يَا ٱبْنِي ٱسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِي، وَقُمِ ٱهْرُبْ إِلَى أَخِي لَابَانَ إِلَى حَارَانَ، ٤٣ 43
So now, my son, listen carefully to what I am telling you. Escape quickly and go and stay with my brother Laban, in Haran [town].
وَأَقِمْ عِنْدَهُ أَيَّامًا قَلِيلَةً حَتَّى يَرْتَدَّ سُخْطُ أَخِيكَ. ٤٤ 44
Stay with him a while, until your older brother is no longer angry.
حَتَّى يَرْتَدَّ غَضَبُ أَخِيكَ عَنْكَ، وَيَنْسَى مَا صَنَعْتَ بِهِ. ثُمَّ أُرْسِلُ فَآخُذُكَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. لِمَاذَا أُعْدَمُ ٱثْنَيْكُمَا فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ؟». ٤٥ 45
When he forgets what you did to him, I will send a message to you, to tell you to return from there. If Esau kills you, [others will kill him, and] then both my sons would die at the same time!” [RHQ]
وَقَالَتْ رِفْقَةُ لِإِسْحَاقَ: «مَلِلْتُ حَيَاتِي مِنْ أَجْلِ بَنَاتِ حِثَّ. إِنْ كَانَ يَعْقُوبُ يَأْخُذُ زَوْجَةً مِنْ بَنَاتِ حِثَّ مِثْلَ هَؤُلَاءِ مِنْ بَنَاتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَلِمَاذَا لِي حَيَاةٌ؟». ٤٦ 46
Rebekah also said to Isaac, “These [foreign] women whom Esau has married, who are descendants of Heth, are making my life miserable. I would prefer to die than to see Jacob marry a woman from the descendants of Heth in this area!”

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