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27 So he came near and kissed him, and he smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said,

“Ah, the smell of my son
    is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.(A)
28 May God give you of the dew of heaven
    and of the fatness of the earth
    and plenty of grain and wine.(B)
29 Let peoples serve you
    and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers,
    and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you,
    and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”(C)

Esau’s Lost Blessing

30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of his father Isaac, his brother Esau came in from his hunting. 31 He also prepared savory food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father sit up and eat of his son’s game, so that you may bless me.”(D) 32 His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your firstborn son, Esau.”(E) 33 Then Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him?—yes, and blessed he shall be!”(F) 34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, me also, father!”(G)

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