And he went in to his father saynge: my father/ And he ãswered: here
am I/ who are thou my sonne? And Iacob sayde vnto his father: I am
Esau thy eldest sonne/ I haue done acordinge as thou baddest me/ vp
and sytt and eate of my venyson/ that thi soule maye blesse me. But
Isaac sayde vnto his sonne. How cõmeth it that thou hast fownde it so
quicly my sonne? He answered: The LORde thy god brought it to my
hande. Than sayde Isaac vnto Iacob: come nere and let me fele the my
sonne/ whether thou be my sonne Esau or not. Than went Iacob to Isaac
his father/ & he felt him & sayde the voyce is Iacobs voyce/ but the
hãdes ar y^e hãdes of Esau. And he knewe him not/ because his handes
were rough as his brother Esaus handes: And so he blessed him.
And he axed him/ art thou my sonne Esau? And he sayde: that I am. Than
sayde he: brynge me and let me eate of my sonnes venyson/ that my
soule maye blesse the. And he broughte him/ and he ate. And he
broughte him wyne also/ and he dranke. And his father Isaac sayde
vnto him: come nere and kysse me my sonne. And he wẽt to him & kissed
him. And he smelled y^e sauoure of his raymẽt & blessed hĩ & sayde
See/ y^e smell of my sõne is as y^e smell of a feld which the lorde
hath blessed. God geue the of y^e dewe of heavẽ & of the fatnesse of
the erth and plẽtie of corne & wyne. People be thy servauntes & natiõs
bowe vnto the. Be lorde ouer thy brethrẽ/ and thy mothers children
stoupe vnto the. Cursed be he y^t curseth the/ & blessed be he that
blesseth the.
As soone as Isaac had made an end of blessĩg/ Iacob and Iacob was
scace gone out frõ the preasence of Isaac his father: then came Esau
his brother frõ his huntynge: And had made also meate/ and brought it
in vnto his father & sayde vnto him: Aryse my father & eate of thy
sonnes venyson/ that thy soule may blesse me. Thã his father Isaac
sayde vnto him. Who art thou? he answered I am thy eldest sonne Esau.
And Isaac was greatly astoyned out of mesure and sayde: Where is he
then that hath hũted venyson and broughte it me/ and I haue eaten of
all before thou camest/ and haue blessed him/ ãd he shall be blessed
styll. Whẽ Esau herde the wordes of his father/ he cryed out greatly &
bitterly aboue mesure/ and sayde vnto his father: blesse me also my
father. And he sayde thy brother came with subtilte/ ãd hath takẽ
awaye thy blessynge. Then sayde he: He maye well be called Iacob/ for
he hath vndermyned me now .ij. tymes/ fyrst he toke awaye my
byrthrighte: and se/ now hath he taken awaye my blessynge also. And he
sayde/ hast thou kepte neuer a blessynge for me?
Isaac answered and sayde vnto Esau: beholde I haue made him thi LORde
& all his mothers childern haue I made his seruauntes. Moreouer wyth
corne ãd wyne haue I stablesshed him/ what cã I do vnto the now my
sonne? And Esau sayde vnto his father: hast thou but y^t one blessynge
my father? blesse me also my father: so lyfted vp Esau his voyce &
wepte Thã Isaac his father answered & sayde vnto him
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