33 Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him—(A)and indeed he shall be blessed.”

34 When Esau heard the words of his father, (B)he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me—me also, O my father!”

35 But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”

36 And Esau said, (C)“Is he not rightly named [a]Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:36 Supplanter or Deceitful, lit. One Who Takes the Heel

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