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

37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I’ve made him master over you, and all your brothers I’ve given to him as servants. I’ve provided him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son?”

38 Esau said to his father, “Do you just have one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

39 Then Isaac his father said to him,

“Behold, away from the land’s fatness shall your dwelling be,
    away from the dew of the sky above.

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