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Genesis 27:38 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. "

Genesis 27:38

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36 He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?”

37 Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?”

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

39 Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of the sky from above.

40 You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”

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Genesis 27:1

"When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.”"

Genesis 27:2

"He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my death."

Genesis 27:3

"Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me venison."

Genesis 27:4

"Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”"

Genesis 27:5

"Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it."

Genesis 27:6

"Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,"

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