Isaac was now old and had become blind. He sent for his older son Esau and said to him, "Son!" "Yes," he answered.

Isaac said, "You see that I am old and may die soon.

Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, "The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob."

and if I return safely to my father's home, then you will be my God.

Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived.

and died at a ripe old age; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.