Monday, March 30, 2026

^48:17Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, the Holy One of Israel; I am thy God, I have shewn thee how thou shouldest find the way wherein thou shouldest walk. ¹⁸And if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then would thy peace have been like a river, and thy righteousness as a wave of the sea. ¹⁹Thy seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shalt thou by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall thy name perish before me. ²⁰Go forth of Babylon, thou that fleest from the Chaldeans: utter aloud a voice of joy, and let this be made known, proclaim it to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath delivered his servant Jacob. ²¹And if they shall thirst, he shall lead them through the desert; he shall bring forth water to them out of the rock: the rock shall be cloven, and the water shall flow forth, and my people shall drink. ²²There is no joy, saith the Lord, to the ungodly. ^49:1Hearken to me, ye islands; and attend, ye Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, saith the Lord: from my mother's womb he has called my name: ²and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hid me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hid me in his quiver; ³and said to me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, and in thee I will be glorified. ⁴Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labour before my God.

Brenton LXX, public domain

^27:1And it came to pass after Isaac was old, that his eyes were dimmed so that he could not see; and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him, My son; and he said, Behold, I am here. ²And he said, Behold, I am grown old, and know not the day of my death. ³Now then take thy weapons, both thy quiver and thy bow, and go into the plain, and get me venison, ⁴and make me meats, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee, before I die. ⁵And Rebecca heard Isaac speaking to Esau his son; and Esau went to the plain to procure venison for his father. ⁶And Rebecca said to Jacob her younger son, Behold, I heard thy father speaking to Esau thy brother, saying, ⁷Bring me venison, and prepare me meats, that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord before I die. ⁸Now then, my son, hearken to me, as I command thee. ⁹And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for thy father, as he likes. ¹⁰And thou shalt bring them in to thy father, and he shall eat, that thy father may bless thee before he dies. ¹¹And Jacob said to his mother Rebecca, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man. ¹²Peradventure my father may feel me, and I shall be before him as one ill-intentioned, and I shall bring upon me a curse, and not a blessing. ¹³And his mother said to him, On me be thy curse, son; only hearken to my voice, and go and bring them me. ¹⁴So he went and took and brought them to his mother; and his mother made meats, as his father liked them. ¹⁵And Rebecca having taken the fine raiment of her elder son Esau which was with her in the house, put it on Jacob her younger son. ¹⁶And she put on his arms the skins of the kids, and on the bare parts of his neck. ¹⁷And she gave the meats, and the loaves which she had prepared, into the hands of Jacob her son. ¹⁸And he brought them to his father, and said, Father; and he said, Behold I am here; who art thou, son? ¹⁹And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau thy first-born, have done as thou toldest me; rise, sit, and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. ²⁰And Isaac said to his son, What is this which thou hast quickly found? And he said, That which the Lord thy God presented before me. ²¹And Isaac said to Jacob, Draw nigh to me, and I will feel thee, son, if thou art my son Esau or not. ²²And Jacob drew nigh to his father Isaac, and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. ²³And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him, ²⁴and he said, Art thou my son Esau? and he said, I am. ²⁵And he said, Bring hither, and I will eat of thy venison, son, that my soul may bless thee; and he brought it near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank. ²⁶And Isaac his father said to him, Draw nigh to me, and kiss me, son. ²⁷And he drew nigh and kissed him, and smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of an abundant field, which the Lord has blessed. ²⁸And may God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine. ²⁹And let nations serve thee, and princes bow down to thee, and be thou lord of thy brother, and the sons of thy father shall do thee reverence; accursed is he that curses thee, and blessed is he that blesses thee. ³⁰And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing his son Jacob, it even came to pass, just when Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. ³¹And he also had made meats and brought them to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. ³²And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy first-born son Esau. ³³And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed. ³⁴And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said, Bless, I pray thee, me also, father. ³⁵And he said to him, Thy brother has come with subtlety, and taken thy blessing. ³⁶And he said, Rightly was his name called Jacob, for lo! this second time has he supplanted me; he has both taken my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing; and Esau said to his father, Hast thou not left a blessing for me, father? ³⁷And Isaac answered and said to Esau, If I have made him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants, and have strengthened him with corn and wine, what then shall I do for thee, son? ³⁸And Esau said to his father, Hast thou only one blessing, father? Bless, I pray thee, me also, father. And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept. ³⁹And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above. ⁴⁰And thou shalt live by thy sword, and shalt serve thy brother; and there shall be a time when thou shalt break and loosen his yoke from off thy neck. ⁴¹And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw nigh, that I may slay my brother Jacob.

Brenton LXX, public domain

^19:16He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall perish. ¹⁷He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; and he will recompense to him according to his gift. ¹⁸Chasten thy son, for so he shall be hopeful; and be not exalted in thy soul to haughtiness. ¹⁹A malicious man shall be severely punished, and if he commit injury, he shall also lose his life. ²⁰Hear, son, the instruction of thy father, that thou mayest be wise at thy latter end. ²¹There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever. ²²Mercy is a fruit to a man: and a poor man is better than a rich liar. ²³The fear of the Lord is life to a man: and he shall lodge without fear in places where knowledge is not seen. ²⁴He that unjustly hides his hands in his bosom, will not even bring them up to his mouth. ²⁵When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: and if thou reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.

Brenton LXX, public domain