Genesis 27 is the account of Jacob, with the help of his mother, deceiving his father into giving him the blessing that rightly belonged to his brother, Esau. His nearly blind father, Isaac, was in his last days and was planning to give his blessing to his firstborn son, Esau, as was customary. But, Jacob disguised himself with Esau's clothes and made his hands hairy like Esau with animal skin gloves. Isaac then blessed Jacob, saying "May God give you of heaven's dew and of earth's richness--an abundance of grain and new wine. May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you." When Isaac later realized it was not Esau, he trembled violently and said, "Who was it, then...that came and I blessed him?--and indeed he will be blessed!" Esau held a grudge against Jacob for stealing his blessing, saying "The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob", but their mother sent Jacob away to his uncle Laban in Haran. These events fulfilled the words of the Lord spoken to Rebekah when Jacob and Esau were still in her womb, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."