Isaac gets old and his eyes dim. Knowing that the end is near, he calls for Esau to go hunt and prepare some food for him Isaac will then eat and bless Esau before he dies.
Rebekah is listening and tells Jacob to get get a couple of kids, the immature goat kind, not the immature human kind, from the flock. She will then prepare the food for Isaac and Jacob will get the blessing. She does so and dresses Jacob in Esau's finest clothes. She puts the skins of the kids on Jacob's hands and neck so he will be hairy like Esau.
Isaac realizes something is wrong because the food came so quickly and Jacob's voice. However, he believes the lie after feeling Jacob's hands and neck and smelling Esau on the clothes Jacob is wearing. It's not said how pungent Esau's clothes are. Isaac blesses Jacob.
As Jacob is leaving, Esau comes in with his food and tells Isaac what has happened. The blessing cannot be reverse, so Jacob becomes Esau's master.
Isaac blesses Esau and says he will break Jacob's yoke after serving him. Esau vows to kill Jacob once Isaac dies, so Rebekah sends Jacob to wive with Laban, her father, until Esau cools off. She does this despite fearing Jacob will marry a Hittite woman there.
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