- Genesis 27:28
וְיִתֶּן־לְךָ הָאֱלֹהִים מִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם וּמִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ וְרֹב דָּגָן וְתִירֹשׁ׃
“May God give you Of the dew of heaven and the fat of the earth, Abundance of new grain and wine.
Targum Onkelos
וְיִתֵּין לָךְ יְיָ מִטַּלָּא דִּשְׁמַיָּא וּמִטּוּבָא דְּאַרְעָא וְסַגְיוּת עֲבוּר וַחֲמַר׃
And may God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness [riches] [goodness] of the land, and abundance of grain and wine.
- Genesis 27:29
יַעַבְדוּךָ עַמִּים (וישתחו) [וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ] לְךָ לְאֻמִּים הֱוֵה גְבִיר לְאַחֶיךָ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְךָ בְּנֵי אִמֶּךָ אֹרְרֶיךָ אָרוּר וּמְבָרְכֶיךָ בָּרוּךְ׃
Let peoples serve you, And nations bow to you; Be master over your brothers, And let your mother’s sons bow to you. Cursed be they who curse you, Blessed they who bless you.”
Targum Onkelos
יִפְלְחוּנָּךְ עַמְמִין וְיִשְׁתַּעְבְּדָן לָךְ מַלְכְוָן הֱוִי רָב לַאֲחָךְ וְיִסְגְּדוּן לָךְ בְּנֵי אִמָּךְ לִיטָךְ יְהוֹן לִיטִין וּבְרִיכָךְ יְהוֹן בְּרִיכִין׃
Peoples will serve you and nations bow to you [kingdoms will be subservient to you]. Be master over your brothers, and your mother’s sons will bow to you. Those who curse you are [will be] cursed, and those who bless you are [will be] blessed.
- Genesis 27:30
וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלָּה יִצְחָק לְבָרֵךְ אֶת־יַעֲקֹב וַיְהִי אַךְ יָצֹא יָצָא יַעֲקֹב מֵאֵת פְּנֵי יִצְחָק אָבִיו וְעֵשָׂו אָחִיו בָּא מִצֵּידוֹ׃
No sooner had Jacob left the presence of his father Isaac—after Isaac had finished blessing Jacob—than his brother Esau came back from his hunt.
Targum Onkelos
וַהֲוָה כַּד שֵׁיצִי יִצְחָק לְבָרָכָא יָת יַעֲקֹב וַהֲוָה בְּרַם מִפָּק נְפַק יַעֲקֹב מִן קֳדָם יִצְחָק אֲבוּהִי וְעֵשָׂו אֲחוּהִי עָאל מִצֵּידֵיהּ׃
It was when Yitzchok had finished blessing Yaakov, and Yaakov had just left the presence of Yitzchok, his father, that Eisov came back from his trapping.
- Genesis 27:31
וַיַּעַשׂ גַּם־הוּא מַטְעַמִּים וַיָּבֵא לְאָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר לְאָבִיו יָקֻם אָבִי וְיֹאכַל מִצֵּיד בְּנוֹ בַּעֲבֻר תְּבָרְכַנִּי נַפְשֶׁךָ׃
He too prepared a dish and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father sit up and eat of his son’s game, so that you may give me your innermost blessing.”
Targum Onkelos
וַעֲבַד אַף הוּא תַּבְשִׁילִין וְאַעֵיל לַאֲבוּהִי וַאֲמַר לַאֲבוּהִי יְקוּם אַבָּא וְיֵיכוֹל מִצֵּידָא דִּבְרֵיהּ בְּדִיל דִּתְבָּרְכִנַּנִי נַפְשָׁךְ׃
He too made a tasty dish and brought it to his father. He said to his father, Let my father rise and eat of his son’s trapping, that your soul may bless me.
- Genesis 27:32
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יִצְחָק אָבִיו מִי־אָתָּה וַיֹּאמֶר אֲנִי בִּנְךָ בְכֹרְךָ עֵשָׂו׃
His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, Esau, your first-born!”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ יִצְחָק אֲבוּהִי מַן אַתְּ וַאֲמַר אֲנָא בְּרָךְ בּוּכְרָךְ עֵשָׂו׃
Yitzchok, his father, said to him, Who are you? He said, I am your son, your firstborn, Eisov.
- Genesis 27:33
וַיֶּחֱרַד יִצְחָק חֲרָדָה גְּדֹלָה עַד־מְאֹד וַיֹּאמֶר מִי־אֵפוֹא הוּא הַצָּד־צַיִד וַיָּבֵא לִי וָאֹכַל מִכֹּל בְּטֶרֶם תָּבוֹא וָאֲבָרְכֵהוּ גַּם־בָּרוּךְ יִהְיֶה׃
Isaac was seized with very violent trembling. “Who was it then,” he demanded, “that hunted game and brought it to me? Moreover, I ate of it before you came, and I blessed him; now he must remain blessed!”
Targum Onkelos
וּתְוַהּ יִצְחָק תִּוְהָא רַבָּא עַד לַחְדָּא וַאֲמַר מַן הוּא דֵּיכִי דְּצָד צֵידָא וְאַעֵיל לִי וַאֲכַלִית מִכּוֹלָא עַד לָא תֵּיעוֹל וּבָרֵיכְתֵּיהּ אַף בְּרִיךְ יְהֵי׃
Yitzchok was seized with a powerful trembling [Yitzchok was astonished with great astonishment]; and said, Who, then, is he who trapped [deer] and brought it to me. I ate all of it before you came, and I blessed him. He shall be blessed.
- Genesis 27:34
כִּשְׁמֹעַ עֵשָׂו אֶת־דִּבְרֵי אָבִיו וַיִּצְעַק צְעָקָה גְּדֹלָה וּמָרָה עַד־מְאֹד וַיֹּאמֶר לְאָבִיו בָּרְכֵנִי גַם־אָנִי אָבִי׃
When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst into wild and bitter sobbing, and said to his father, “Bless me too, Father!”
Targum Onkelos
כַּד שְׁמַע עֵשָׂו יָת פִּתְגָמֵי אֲבוּהִי וּצְוַח צִוְחָא רַבָּא וּמָרִירָא עַד לַחְדָּא וַאֲמַר לַאֲבוּהִי בָּרֵיכְנִי אַף לִי אַבָּא׃
When Eisov heard his father’s words, he wailed a most loud and bitter cry, and he said to his father, Bless me too, my father.
- Genesis 27:35
וַיֹּאמֶר בָּא אָחִיךָ בְּמִרְמָה וַיִּקַּח בִּרְכָתֶךָ׃
But he answered, “Your brother came with guile and took away your blessing.”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר עָאל אֲחוּךְ בְּחָכְמָא וְקַבֵּיל בִרְכְתָךְ׃
[Yitzchok] said, Your brother came with cunning [wisdom] and he took [received] your blessing.
- Genesis 27:36
וַיֹּאמֶר הֲכִי קָרָא שְׁמוֹ יַעֲקֹב וַיַּעְקְבֵנִי זֶה פַעֲמַיִם אֶת־בְּכֹרָתִי לָקָח וְהִנֵּה עַתָּה לָקַח בִּרְכָתִי וַיֹּאמַר הֲלֹא־אָצַלְתָּ לִּי בְּרָכָה׃
[Esau] said, “Was he, then, named Jacob that he might supplant me these two times? First he took away my birthright and now he has taken away my blessing!” And he added, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יָאוּת קְרָא שְׁמֵיהּ יַעֲקֹב וְחַכְמַנִי דְּנָן תַּרְתֵּין זִמְנִין יָת בְּכֵירוּתִי נְסֵיב וְהָא כְעַן קַבֵּיל בִּרְכְתִי וַאֲמַר הֲלָא שְׁבַקְתְּ לִי בִּרְכָא׃
[Eisov] said, Is he not rightly called Yaakov? [He is rightly called Yaakov] He has deceived me twice; he took my birthright, and now he has taken [received] my blessing. He said, Have you not saved a blessing for me?
- Genesis 27:37
וַיַּעַן יִצְחָק וַיֹּאמֶר לְעֵשָׂו הֵן גְּבִיר שַׂמְתִּיו לָךְ וְאֶת־כׇּל־אֶחָיו נָתַתִּי לוֹ לַעֲבָדִים וְדָגָן וְתִירֹשׁ סְמַכְתִּיו וּלְכָה אֵפוֹא מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה בְּנִי׃
Isaac answered, saying to Esau, “But I have made him master over you: I have given him all his brothers for servants, and sustained him with grain and wine. What, then, can I still do for you, my son?”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲתֵיב יִצְחָק וַאֲמַר לְעֵשָׂו הָא רָב שַׁוִּיתֵיהּ עִלָּוָךְ וְיָת כָּל אֲחוֹהִי יְהַבִית לֵיהּ לְעַבְדִּין וּבַעֲבוּר וּבַחֲמַר סְעַדְתֵּיהּ וְלָךְ כְּעַן מָא אַעֲבֵיד בְּרִי׃
Yitzchok replied and said to Eisov. Behold, I have made him your master, and all his brothers I have given him as slaves. I have sustained him with grain and wine. Where? [Here.] What can I do for you, my son?
- Genesis 27:38
וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו אֶל־אָבִיו הַבְרָכָה אַחַת הִוא־לְךָ אָבִי בָּרְכֵנִי גַם־אָנִי אָבִי וַיִּשָּׂא עֵשָׂו קֹלוֹ וַיֵּבְךְּ׃
And Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, Father? Bless me too, Father!” And Esau wept aloud.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר עֵשָׂו לַאֲבוּהִי הֲבִרְכְתָא חֲדָא הִיא לָךְ אַבָּא בָּרֵיכְנִי אַף לִי אַבָּא וַאֲרֵים עֵשָׂו קָלֵיהּ וּבְכָא׃
Eisov said to his father, Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father, and Eisov raised his voice and wept.
- Genesis 27:39
וַיַּעַן יִצְחָק אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הִנֵּה מִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ יִהְיֶה מוֹשָׁבֶךָ וּמִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם מֵעָל׃
And his father Isaac answered, saying to him, “See, your abode shall enjoy the fat of the earth And the dew of heaven above.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲתֵיב יִצְחָק אֲבוּהִי וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ הָא מִטּוּבָא דְּאַרְעָא יְהֵי מוֹתְבָךְ וּמִטַּלָּא דִּשְׁמַיָּא מִלְּעֵילָא׃
Yitzchok, his father replied and said to him, Behold the fatness [richness] [goodness] of the earth shall be your dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above.
- Genesis 27:40
וְעַל־חַרְבְּךָ תִחְיֶה וְאֶת־אָחִיךָ תַּעֲבֹד וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר תָּרִיד וּפָרַקְתָּ עֻלּוֹ מֵעַל צַוָּארֶךָ׃
Yet by your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; But when you grow restive, You shall break his yoke from your neck.”
Targum Onkelos
וְעַל חַרְבָּךְ תֵּיחֵי וְיָת אֲחוּךְ תִּפְלַח וִיהֵי כַּד יִעְבְּרוּן בְּנוֹהִי עַל פִּתְגָמֵי אוֹרָיְתָא וְתַעְדֵּי נִירֵיהּ מֵעַל צַוְרָךְ׃
You shall live by your sword, and you shall serve your brother. When you have cause to be grieved [When his sons will transgress the words of the Torah], you will throw off his yoke from your neck.
- Genesis 27:41
וַיִּשְׂטֹם עֵשָׂו אֶת־יַעֲקֹב עַל־הַבְּרָכָה אֲשֶׁר בֵּרְכוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו בְּלִבּוֹ יִקְרְבוּ יְמֵי אֵבֶל אָבִי וְאַהַרְגָה אֶת־יַעֲקֹב אָחִי׃
Now Esau harbored a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing that his father had given him, and Esau said to himself, “Let but the mourning period of my father come, and I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Targum Onkelos
וּנְטַר עֵשָׂו דְּבָבוּ לְיַעֲקֹב עַל בִּרְכְתָא דְּבָרְכֵיהּ אֲבוּהִי וַאֲמַר עֵשָׂו בְּלִבֵּיהּ יִקְרְבוּן יוֹמֵי אֶבְלֵיהּ דְּאַבָּא וְאֶקְטוֹל יָת יַעֲקֹב אֲחִי׃
Eisov hated Yaakov because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Eisov said in his heart, The mourning days for my father are approaching. I will then kill my brother, Yaakov.
- Genesis 27:42
וַיֻּגַּד לְרִבְקָה אֶת־דִּבְרֵי עֵשָׂו בְּנָהּ הַגָּדֹל וַתִּשְׁלַח וַתִּקְרָא לְיַעֲקֹב בְּנָהּ הַקָּטָן וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הִנֵּה עֵשָׂו אָחִיךָ מִתְנַחֵם לְךָ לְהׇרְגֶךָ׃
When the words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning to kill you.
Targum Onkelos
וְאִתְחַוַּא לְרִבְקָה יָת פִּתְגָמֵי עֵשָׂו בְּרַהּ רַבָּא וּשְׁלַחַת וּקְרָת לְיַעֲקֹב בְּרַהּ זְעֵירָא וַאֲמַרַת לֵיהּ הָא עֵשָׂו אֲחוּךְ כָּמֵין לָךְ לְמִקְטְלָךְ׃
Rivkah was informed about the words of Eisov, her older son, and she sent [a messenger] to call Yaakov, her younger son, and she said to him. Behold, your brother Eisov is consoled through you [lying in wait for you], [for he intends] to kill you.
- Genesis 27:43
וְעַתָּה בְנִי שְׁמַע בְּקֹלִי וְקוּם בְּרַח־לְךָ אֶל־לָבָן אָחִי חָרָנָה׃
Now, my son, listen to me. Flee at once to Haran, to my brother Laban.
Targum Onkelos
וּכְעַן בְּרִי קַבֵּיל מִנִּי וְקוּם אִיזֵיל לָךְ לְוָת לָבָן אֲחִי לְחָרָן׃
Now my son listen to [accept] me. Get up and flee to Lavan, my brother, to Charan.
- Genesis 27:44
וְיָשַׁבְתָּ עִמּוֹ יָמִים אֲחָדִים עַד אֲשֶׁר־תָּשׁוּב חֲמַת אָחִיךָ׃
Stay with him awhile, until your brother’s fury subsides—
Targum Onkelos
וְתִתֵּיב עִמֵּיהּ יוֹמִין זְעֵירִין עַד דִּתְתוּב חִמְתָּא דַּאֲחוּךְ׃
Remain with him a short time until your brother’s fury has subsided.
- Genesis 27:45
עַד־שׁוּב אַף־אָחִיךָ מִמְּךָ וְשָׁכַח אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתָ לּוֹ וְשָׁלַחְתִּי וּלְקַחְתִּיךָ מִשָּׁם לָמָה אֶשְׁכַּל גַּם־שְׁנֵיכֶם יוֹם אֶחָד׃
until your brother’s anger against you subsides—and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will fetch you from there. Let me not lose you both in one day!”
Targum Onkelos
עַד דִּיתוּב רוּגְזָא דַּאֲחוּךְ מִנָּךְ וְיִתְנְשֵׁי יָת דַּעֲבַדְתְּ לֵיהּ וְאֶשְׁלַח וְאֶדְבְּרִנָּךְ מִתַּמָּן לְמָא אֶתְכּוּל אַף תַּרְוֵיכוֹן יוֹמָא חַד׃
Until your brother’s rage toward you has subsided, and he has forgotten what you did to him. I will then send [for you] and bring you [back] from there. Why should I lose both of you on one day?
- Genesis 27:46
וַתֹּאמֶר רִבְקָה אֶל־יִצְחָק קַצְתִּי בְחַיַּי מִפְּנֵי בְּנוֹת חֵת אִם־לֹקֵחַ יַעֲקֹב אִשָּׁה מִבְּנוֹת־חֵת כָּאֵלֶּה מִבְּנוֹת הָאָרֶץ לָמָּה לִּי חַיִּים׃
Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am disgusted with my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like these, from among the native women, what good will life be to me?”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַרַת רִבְקָה לְיִצְחָק עַקִית בְּחַיַּי מִן קֳדָם בְּנָת חִתָּאָה אִם נָסֵיב יַעֲקֹב אִתְּתָא מִבְּנָת חִתָּאָה כְּאִלֵּין מִבְּנָת אַרְעָא לְמָא לִי חַיִּין׃
Rivkah said to Yitzchok, I am disgusted with my life because of the daughters of Cheis. If Yaakov marries a woman of the daughters of Cheis, like these, from the daughters of the land, what is life [worth] to me.
- Genesis 28:1
וַיִּקְרָא יִצְחָק אֶל־יַעֲקֹב וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתוֹ וַיְצַוֵּהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ לֹא־תִקַּח אִשָּׁה מִבְּנוֹת כְּנָעַן׃
So Isaac sent for Jacob and blessed him. He instructed him, saying, “You shall not take a wife from among the Canaanite women.
Targum Onkelos
וּקְרָא יִצְחָק לְיַעֲקֹב וּבָרֵיךְ יָתֵיהּ וּפַקְּדֵיהּ וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ לָא תִּסַּב אִתְּתָא מִבְּנָת כְּנָעַן׃
Yitzchok called Yaakov and blessed him. He commanded him and said to him, Do not marry a woman of the daughters of Canaan.
- Genesis 28:2
קוּם לֵךְ פַּדֶּנָה אֲרָם בֵּיתָה בְתוּאֵל אֲבִי אִמֶּךָ וְקַח־לְךָ מִשָּׁם אִשָּׁה מִבְּנוֹת לָבָן אֲחִי אִמֶּךָ׃
Up, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and take a wife there from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Targum Onkelos
קוּם אִיזֵיל לְפַדַּן דַּאֲרָם לְבֵית בְּתוּאֵל אֲבוּהָא דְּאִמָּךְ וְסַב לָךְ מִתַּמָּן אִתְּתָא מִבְּנָת לָבָן אֲחוּהָא דְּאִמָּךְ׃
Set out and go to Padan Aram, to the house of Besueil, your mother’s father, and marry one of the daughters of Lavan, your mother’s brother.
- Genesis 28:3
וְאֵל שַׁדַּי יְבָרֵךְ אֹתְךָ וְיַפְרְךָ וְיַרְבֶּךָ וְהָיִיתָ לִקְהַל עַמִּים׃
May El Shaddai bless you, make you fertile and numerous, so that you become an assembly of peoples.
Targum Onkelos
וְאֵל שַׁדַּי יְבָרֵיךְ יָתָךְ וְיַפְּשִׁנָּךְ וְיַסְגֵּינָךְ וּתְהֵי לְכִנְשָׁת שִׁבְטִין׃
May the Almighty, Shaddai, bless you, make you fruitful and multiply you. May you become an assembly of peoples [tribes].
- Genesis 28:4
וְיִתֶּן־לְךָ אֶת־בִּרְכַּת אַבְרָהָם לְךָ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ אִתָּךְ לְרִשְׁתְּךָ אֶת־אֶרֶץ מְגֻרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן אֱלֹהִים לְאַבְרָהָם׃
May you and your offspring be granted the blessing of Abraham, that you may possess the land where you are sojourning, which God assigned to Abraham.”
Targum Onkelos
וְיִתֵּין לָךְ יָת בִּרְכְתָא דְּאַבְרָהָם לָךְ וְלִבְנָךְ עִמָּךְ לְמֵירְתָךְ יָת אֲרַע תּוֹתָבוּתָךְ דִּיהַב יְיָ לְאַבְרָהָם׃
May He give you the blessing of Avraham, to you and to your descendants with you, that you may inherit the land of your dwelling which God gave to Avraham.