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Genesis 27:28-46
New International Version
Genesis 27:28-46
New International Version
28 May God give you heaven’s dew(A)
and earth’s richness(B)—
an abundance of grain(C) and new wine.(D)
29 May nations serve you
and peoples bow down to you.(E)
Be lord over your brothers,
and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.(F)
May those who curse you be cursed
and those who bless you be blessed.(G)”
30 After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting. 31 He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, “My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”(H)
32 His father Isaac asked him, “Who are you?”(I)
“I am your son,” he answered, “your firstborn, Esau.(J)”
33 Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me?(K) I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!(L)”
34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry(M) and said to his father, “Bless(N) me—me too, my father!”
35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully(O) and took your blessing.”(P)
36 Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob[a]?(Q) This is the second time he has taken advantage of(R) me: He took my birthright,(S) and now he’s taken my blessing!”(T) Then he asked, “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?”
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.(U) 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.(V)
39 His father Isaac answered him,(W)
“Your dwelling will be
away from the earth’s richness,
away from the dew(X) of heaven above.(Y)
40 You will live by the sword
and you will serve(Z) your brother.(AA)
But when you grow restless,
you will throw his yoke
from off your neck.(AB)”
41 Esau held a grudge(AC) against Jacob(AD) because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning(AE) for my father are near; then I will kill(AF) my brother Jacob.”(AG)
42 When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau(AH) had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.(AI) 43 Now then, my son, do what I say:(AJ) Flee at once to my brother Laban(AK) in Harran.(AL) 44 Stay with him for a while(AM) until your brother’s fury subsides. 45 When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him,(AN) I’ll send word for you to come back from there.(AO) Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite(AP) women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land,(AQ) from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.”(AR)
Footnotes
- Genesis 27:36 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.
Genesis 27:28-46
King James Version
Genesis 27:28-46
King James Version
28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
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;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
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