Listen to this Kathan Kawraw
being read
by the chaciyd with some Hebrew pronunciation
1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that
he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and
he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go
out to the field, and take me [some] venison;
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may
eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field
to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].
6 And Rebekah spake unto Yacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak
unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee
before YAHUAH before my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and
I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
10 And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may
bless thee before his death.
11 And Yacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy
man, and I [am] a smooth man:
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver;
and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey my
voice, and go fetch me [them].
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought [them] to his mother: and his mother
made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which [were] with her
in the house, and put them upon Yacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the
smooth of his neck:
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the
hand of her son Yacob.
18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I;
who [art] thou, my son?
19 And Yacob said unto his father, I [am] Esau thy firstborn; I have done
according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that
thy soul may bless me.
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How [is it] that thou hast found [it] so
quickly, my son? And he said, Because YAHUAH thy YAH brought [it] to me.
21 And Isaac said unto Yacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my
son, whether thou [be] my very son Esau or not.
22 And Yacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The
voice [is] Yacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's
hands: so he blessed him.
24 And he said, [Art] thou my very son Esau? And he said, I [am].
25 And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that
my soul may bless thee. And he brought [it] near to him, and he did eat: and he
brought him wine, and he drank.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment,
and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son [is] as the smell of a field
which YAHUAH hath blessed:
28 Therefore YAHUAH give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the
earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be ruler over thy
brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed [be] every one that
curseth thee, and blessed [be] he that blesseth thee.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Yacob, and
Yacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau
his brother came in from his hunting.
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said
unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy
soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who [art] thou? And he said, I [am] thy
son, thy firstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he that hath
taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest,
and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and
exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, [even] me also, O my
father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy
blessing.
36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Yacob? for he hath supplanted me these
two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my
blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy ruler, and
all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I
sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless
me, [even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall
be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall
come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke
from off thy neck.
41 And Esau hated Yacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed
him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand;
then will I slay my brother Yacob.
42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and
called Yacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as
touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my
brother to Haran;
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget [that] which
thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should
I be deprived also of you both in one day?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of
Heth: if Yacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are]
of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
