EXTRACT FROM NEWSPAPER “DAWN OF PAKISTAN OF 22/01/97.

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Genesis 25:       27The boys grew up, and Esau become a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoor life, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. 28 Isaac preferred Esau, because he enjoyed eating the animals Esau killed, but Rebecca preferred Jacob.

Isaac Blesses Jacob

Genesis 27:       1 Isaac was now old and had become blind. He sent for his elder son Esau and said to him, “My son!”

“Yes”, he answered.

2 Isaac said, “You see that I am old and may die soon. 3 Take your bow and arrows, go out into the country, and kill an animal for me.

13 His mother answered, “Let any curse against you fall on me, my son; just do as I say, and go and get the goats for me.” 14 So he went to get them and brought them to her, and she cooked the kind of food that his father liked. 15 Then she took Esau’s best clothes, which she kept in the house and put them on Jacob. 16 She put the skins of the goats on his arms and on the hairless part of his neck. 17 She handed him the tasty food, together with the bread she had baked.

18 Then Jacob went to his father and said,   “Father !”

“Yes”, he answered. “Which of my sons are you ?”

19 Jacob answered, “I am your elder son Esau; I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have brought you, so that you can give me your blessing.”

20 Isaac said, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”

Jacob answered, “The Lord your God helped me to find it.”

21 Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so that I can touch you. Are you really Esau?” 22 Jacob moved closer to his father, who felt him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob’s voice, but your arms feel like Esau’s arms.” 23 He did not recognize Jacob, because his arms were hairy like Esau’s. He was about to give him his blessing, 24 but asked again, “Are you really Esau?”

“I am,” he answered.

25 Isaac said, “bring me some of the meat. After I have eaten it, I will give you my blessing.” Jacob brought it to him, and he also brought him some wine to drink.

4 Cook me some of that tasty food that I like, and bring it to me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my final blessing before I die.”

5 While Isaac was talking to Esau, Rebecca was listening. So when Esau went out to hunt, 6 she said to Jacob, “I have just heard your father say to Esau, 7 ‘Bring me an animal and cook it for me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die. Now, son” Rebecca continued, “listen to me and do what I say. 9 Go to the flock and pick out two fat young goats, so that I can cook them and make some of that food your father likes so much. 10 You can take it to him to eat, and he will give you his blessing before he dies.

11 But Jacob said to his mother, “You know that Esau is a hairy man, but I have smooth skin.   12   Perhaps my father will touch me and find out that I am deceiving him; in this way I will bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”

26 Then his father said to him, “Come closer up to kiss me, my son.”

27 As he came up to kiss him, Isaac smelt his clothes so he gave him his blessing. He said, “The pleasant smell of my son is like the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed. 28 May God give you dew from heaven and make your fields fertile! May he give you plenty of corn and wine! 29 May nations be your servants, and may peoples bow down before you. May you \rule over all your relatives, and may your mother’s descendants bow down before you. May those who curse you be cursed, and may those who bless you be blessed”.

Esau Begs for Isaac’s Blessing

30 Isaac finished giving his blessing, and as soon as Jacob left, his brother Esau came in from hunting. 31 He also cooked some tasty food and took it to his father. He said, “Please, father, sit up and eat some of the meat that I have brought you, so that you can give me your blessing.”

32 “Who are you ? Isaac asked.

“Your elder son Esau” he answered.

33 Isaac began to tremble and shake all over, and he asked, “Who was it, then, who killed an animal and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came. I gave him my final blessing, and so it is his for ever”.

34 When Esau heard this, he cried out loudly and bitterly and said, “Give me your blessing also, father l”

35 Isaac answered, “Your brother came and deceived me. He has taken away your blessing.”

36 Esau said, “This is the second time that he has cheated me. No wonder his name is Jacob.