Jacob deceives his blind father with a slain goat and a special coat with the help of his mother, Rebekah. Thus, Jacob wins both the birthright and the blessing of his father through trickery. Visit us at bibilium.com, a Wholesome Christian Blog that caters to the need of every member of the family. Spread the Love and Share the Joy. Celebrate the amazing goodness of God in your lives. 

2. When Isaac was old his eyes were so weak he could no longer see.

3. Isaac called his oldest son Esau and said, “I am now an old man and do not know
the day of my death. Get your quiver and bow and hunt some wild game for me.
Prepare a meal just as I like it and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my
blessing before I die.”

4. Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to Esau. When Esau had gone, she
told Jacob to get two choice young goats, so that she could prepare some tasty
food for Isaac. The plan was for Jacob to take it to his father so that he and not
Esau would get his father’s blessing before he died.

5. “But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin,” Jacob protested.
“What if my father touches me and finds out I am tricking him? I would bring down a
curse on myself rather than a blessing.’’ “Just do as I say,” Rebekah replied. She then
covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins.

6. Jacob went to see Isaac with the tasty meal Rebekah had made. ”Who is it?”
asked Isaac.” “I am Esau your firstborn,” Jacob lied.

7. “Come near so I can touch you, and know are my son Esau,” Isaac asked. Jacob
did so. Isaac said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of
Esau.”

8. Jacob kissed his father and when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he
blessed him. He made him lord over his brother and all his relatives. Nations and
people would bow down to him. Those who cursed him would be cursed and
those who blessed him would be blessed.

9. Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, when his brother Esau came in from
hunting and prepared a meal. “Who are you?” asked Isaac. “I am your firstborn,
Esau,” was the reply. Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that
hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him–
and indeed he will be blessed!”

10. “Bless me too, my father!” Esau begged. “Your brother deceitfully took your
blessing,” Isaac said. “This is the second time he has taken advantage of me,”
Esau complained. “He took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!”

11. “I have made Jacob lord over you,” Isaac explained. “And I have made all his relatives his
servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my
son?” “Do you have only one blessing” Esau wept. “Bless me too, my father!” Isaac answered,
‘You will live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw
his yoke from off your neck.”

12. Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given
him. He plotted that once his father was dead and the days of mourning were over
he would kill Jacob.

13. “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you,” Rebekah warned
Jacob. “Flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran. Stay with him until your
brother’s fury subsides.” So Jacob set off to Paddan Aram, to see Laban son of
Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah.

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