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BBAU AND YACOB. 31
to rne." Esauz slvorc, mil sold hie birthright. And, taking
brerid allcl the raess of potlagc, lie ate and drank and went
awry, rnalring little ac:oount of having solcl hix bjrthrigllt.
4. Now, Isunc was old and hat1 lost his eyesight. Ou(? day
he called Esfiu, his son, and said to him: "My son, thou
seest I axn old, I know not tllc day of my death. The
thy arms, thy quiver and bow, 4 go abroad; and when
thou hast tnlccil something by bnntirig, make rnc savoyy meat
thereof, as thou lmonrest I likc, and bring it that I lnay eat,
and lny sou1 MAY bless thee before I dic." Essu promptly
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obeyed the command of
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heard thc words of IS~BC,
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and fenring tl~ttt, con-
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I trary to the will of God,
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1 Esaxu might be preferred
-: ! i :: .,. '8 l., 1 to Ja c o b, she said to
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I him : " KOW, my son,
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follow my counsel. Go
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- . to the flock and bring
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that I may make of them
~ner~t for thy father, such m he gladly eateth ; so that, after
lmving eaten it, he ma.y Llcss tllcc before he die."
6. Jacob Iiastened to the floclr rind brought two kids. Rebccca
preparcd thcnl as tl~ough they were gir.me, and then
clothed Jacob in Essu's best gcirmcnts, and covercd his neck
and hands ~trith the skin of thc kids, and sent, him to his
fnther with tllc meats she? had prepamd.
7. Isaac! aslred : " W110 art t,ho~l, my son ? " Jacob ana~l~crecl:
" I am Esan, thy first-boni ; I have done as thou
hnst commanded; arise, it, ancl eat of Iny venison, that thy
soul may LY~CSB me." I~nnc sdd again : " Come hither, that
I may feel thee, ray son, and may PP'OVO whether thou be my