37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, (A)I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and (B)with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” 38 Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And (C)Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:

“Behold, (D)away from[a] the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,
    and away from[b] the dew of heaven on high.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:39 Or Behold, of
  2. Genesis 27:39 Or and of

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)

Read full chapter