1. When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for his elder son Esau and said to him, ‘My son.’‘Here I am,’ he answered.
2. Isaac said, ‘I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.
3. Now then, get your equipment – your quiver and bow – and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
4. Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die.’
5. Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back,