Génesis 27
1 Cuando Isaac era viejo y se le habían debilitado los ojos, de modo que ya no veía, llamó a Esaú, su hijo mayor, y le dijo: “Hijo mío”; el cual le contestó: “Heme aquí.”
When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.”
2 Y dijo: “Mira, yo soy viejo, y no sé el día de mi muerte.
He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my death.
3 Toma, pues, ahora tus armas, tu aljaba, y tu arco, y sal al campo, cázame algo,
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me venison.
4 y prepárame un buen guiso, según mi gusto, y tráemele para comida, y mi alma te bendecirá antes de morirme.”
Make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”
5 Mas Rebeca estaba escuchando cuando Isaac hablaba a Esaú, su hijo; y cuando Esaú fue al campo a cazar una presa de casa para traérselo,
Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6 habló Rebeca con Jacob, su hijo, diciendo: “Mira, he oído a tu padre cómo hablando con Esaú tu hermano, le decía:
Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
7 ‘Tráeme caza, y hazme un buen guiso para comida, y te bendeciré delante de Yahvé antes de morirme’.
‘Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and bless you before the LORD before my death.’
8 Ahora bien, hijo mío, oye mi voz en lo que te mando.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
9 Ve al rebaño, y tráeme de allí dos buenos cabritos; y yo haré con ellos para tu padre un sabroso guiso como a él le gusta;
Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savoury food for your father, such as he loves.
10 y se lo presentarás a tu padre, el cual lo comerá y te bendecirá antes de su muerte”.
You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”
11 Contestó Jacob a Rebeca, su madre: “Mira que Esaú, mi hermano, es hombre velludo, y yo lampiño.
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
12 Quizás me palpe mi padre; seré entonces a sus ojos como quien se burla de él y me acarrearé maldición, en lugar de bendición.”
What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.”
13 Replicole su madre: “Sobre mí tu maldición, hijo mío; oye tan solo mi voz, anda y tráemelos.”
His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”
14 Fue, pues, a tomarlos, y los trajo a su madre; e hizo su madre un sabroso guiso, como le gustaba a su padre.
He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savoury food, such as his father loved.
15 Después tomó Rebeca vestidos de Esaú, su hijo mayor, los mejores que tenía en casa, y los vistió a Jacob, su hijo menor.
Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.
16 Y con las pieles de los cabritos le cubrió las manos y la parte lisa de su cuello.
She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.
17 Luego puso el guiso y el pan que había preparado, en manos de Jacob su hijo,
She gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 el cual entró donde estaba su padre, y dijo “Padre mío”, a lo que este respondió: “Heme aquí; ¿quién eres, hijo mío?”
He came to his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
19 “Yo soy tu primogénito Esaú”, dijo Jacob a su padre. “He hecho como me dijiste; levántate, te ruego, siéntate, y come de mi caza, para que me bendiga tu alma.”
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.”
20 Preguntó Isaac a su hijo: “¿Cómo es que has podido encontrarla tan pronto, hijo mío?” El cual respondió: “porque Yahvé, tu Dios me la puso delante.”
Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because the LORD your God gave me success.”
21 Dijo entonces Isaac a Jacob: “Acércate, y te palparé, a ver si realmente eres o no mi hijo Esaú.”
Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
22 Acercose, pues Jacob a su padre Isaac, el cual lo palpó y dijo: “La voz es la voz de Jacob, pero las manos son las manos de Esaú.”
Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
23 Y no lo reconoció, porque sus manos estaban velludas, como las manos de su hermano Esaú y así lo bendijo.
He didn’t recognise him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.
24 Pero repitió la pregunta: “¿Eres tú realmente mi hijo Esaú?” Y él respondió: “Soy yo.”
He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”
25 Dijo entonces: “Acércame la caza, y comeré de ella, hijo mío, para que te bendiga mi alma.” Se la acercó, y comió; le sirvió también vino y bebió.
He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.
26 Después le dijo Isaac, su padre: “Acércate y bésame, hijo mío.”
His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”
27 Se acercó y lo besó; y cuando (Isaac) sintió la fragancia de sus vestidos, le bendijo diciendo: “Mira, el olor de mi hijo es como el olor de un campo bendecido por Yahvé.
He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed.
28 ¡Te de Dios del rocío del cielo, y de la grosura de la tierra, y abundancia de trigo y de vino!
God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
29 ¡Sírvante pueblos, y póstrense delante de ti naciones; sé señor de tus hermanos, e inclínense ante ti los hijos de tu madre! ¡Maldito el que te maldiga, y bendito quien te bendiga!”
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”
30 Apenas Isaac había acabado de bendecir a Jacob, y no bien había salido Jacob de la presencia de su padre Isaac, cuando Esaú, su hermano, volvió de su caza.
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 Hizo también un sabroso guiso y presentándolo a su padre le dijo: “Levántese mi padre y coma la caza de su hijo, para que me bendiga tu alma.”
He also made savoury food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.”
32 Isaac, su padre, le dijo: “¿Quién eres tú?” Le contestó: “Soy tu hijo, el primogénito tuyo Esaú.”
Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
33 Asombrose Isaac sobremanera, hasta el extremo, y dijo: “¿Quién es, pues, aquel que fue a cazar y me trajo caza, y yo he comido de todo antes que tu vinieses, y lo he bendecido de suerte que quedará bendito?”
Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.”
34 Al oír Esaú las palabras de su padre, lanzó un grito fuerte y extremadamente amargo, y dijo a su padre: “¡Bendíceme también a mí, padre mío!”
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.”
35 Mas él respondió: “Ha venido tu hermano con engaño, y se ha llevado tu bendición.”
He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.”
36 Dijo entonces (Esaú): “Con razón se llama Jacob; pues me ha suplantado ya dos veces: me quitó la primogenitura, y ya ves que ahora me ha quitado la bendición.” Y añadió “¿No has reservado bendición para mí?
He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?”
37 Isaac respondió y dijo a Esaú: “Mira, le he puesto por señor tuyo, le he dado por siervos a todos sus hermanos y le he provisto de trigo y vino. Por ti, pues, ¿qué podré hacer ahora, hijo mío?”
Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?”
38 Dijo Esaú a su padre: “¿No tienes más que un sola bendición, padre mío? ¡Bendíceme también a mí, padre mío!” y levantó Esaú su voz y rompió a llorar.
Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 Entonces repuso Isaac, su padre, diciendo: “He aquí que lejos de la grosura de la tierra será tu morada, y lejos del rocío que baja del cielo.
Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of the sky from above.
40 De tu espada vivirás, y servirás a tu hermano, pero cuando empieces a dominar, romperás su yugo de sobre tu cerviz.”
You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”
41 Esaú concibió odio contra Jacob a causa de la bendición con que le había bendecido su padre; y dijo Esaú en su corazón: “Se acercan ya los días en que haré duelo por mi padre; después mataré a Jacob, mi hermano.”
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
42 Rebeca tuvo noticia de las palabras de Esaú, su hijo mayor; por lo cual envió a llamar a Jacob, su hijo menor, y le dijo: “Mira, tu hermano Esaú quiere vengarse de ti, matándote.
The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
43 Ahora, pues, hijo mío, oye mi voz: levántate y huye a Harán, a casa de mi hermano Labán;
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
44 y estarás con él algún tiempo, hasta que se apacigüe la cólera de tu hermano;
Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away—
45 hasta que la ira de tu hermano se aparte de ti, y él se olvide de lo que le has hecho. Yo entonces enviaré por ti y te traeré de allá. ¿Por qué he de quedar privada de vosotros dos en un mismo día?
until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”
46 Y dijo Rebeca a Isaac: “Me da fastidio el vivir, a causa de las hijas de Het. Si Jacob toma mujer de las hijas de Het, como estas, de las hijas de este país, ¿para qué seguir viviendo?”
Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”
