Genesis 27:30-40
Read Genesis 27 in full →30Now it happened that as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31Then he also made a savory dish and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “aLet my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that byour soul may bless me.” 32And Isaac his father said to him, “aWho are you?” And he said, “I am your son, byour firstborn, Esau.” 33Then Isaac 1trembled exceedingly violently and said, “aWho was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came and blessed him? bIndeed, he shall be blessed.” 34As Esau heard the words of his father, ahe cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, me also, O my father!” 35And he said, “aYour brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.” 36Then he said, “1Is he not rightly named aJacob, for he has supplanted me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37But Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him ayour master, and all his fellow brothers I have given to him 1as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?” 38And Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and awept.
39Then aIsaac his father answered and said to him, “Behold, 1,baway from the fatness of the earth shall be your habitation,And 2away from the dew of heaven from above.
40“By your sword you shall live,And your brother ayou shall serve;But it shall be bwhen you become restless,That you will 1break his yoke from your neck.”