37 Isaak antwortete: »Ach, Esau, ich habe ihn zum Herrscher über dich gemacht, und alle seine Stammesverwandten müssen ihm dienen. Getreide und Wein habe ich ihm versprochen – was kann ich dir da noch geben, mein Sohn?« 38 Aber Esau ließ nicht locker: »Hast du wirklich nur diesen einen Segen, Vater? Segne doch auch mich!« Er fing laut an zu weinen.

39 Da versprach Isaak: »Dort, wo du wohnst, wird es zwar keine fruchtbaren Felder geben, kein Regen wird dein Land bewässern!

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37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?

38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

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37 Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine.(A) So what can I possibly do for you, my son?”

38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.(B)

39 His father Isaac answered him,(C)

“Your dwelling will be
    away from the earth’s richness,
    away from the dew(D) of heaven above.(E)

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37 Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, (A)“Indeed I have made him your master, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with (B)grain and wine I have [a]sustained him. What shall I do now for you, my son?”

38 And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice (C)and wept.

39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:

“Behold, (D)your dwelling shall be of the [b]fatness of the earth,
And of the dew of heaven from above.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:37 provided support for
  2. Genesis 27:39 fertility