she said to Jacob, “I heard your father tell Esau
Esau would take the meat of wild animals to his father Isaac, and so Isaac loved him more, but Jacob was his mother's favourite son.
Rebekah had been listening, and as soon as Esau left to go hunting,
to kill a wild animal and cook some tasty food for your father before he dies. Your father said this because he wants to bless your brother with the LORD as his witness.