34 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, (A)he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!” 35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” 36 Esau said, (B)“Is he not rightly named Jacob?[a] For he has cheated me these two times. (C)He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, (D)I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and (E)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 (F)Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:36 Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats

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