Genesis 27:29–40

^29aMay peoples serve you,

And nations bow down to you;

^bBe master of your brothers,

^cAnd may your mother’s sons bow down to you.

^dCursed be those who curse you,

And blessed be those who bless you.”

³⁰Now it happened that as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

³¹Then he also made a savory dish and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “^aLet my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that ^byour soul may bless me.”

³²And Isaac his father said to him, “^aWho are you?” And he said, “I am your son, ^byour firstborn, Esau.”

³³Then Isaac ¹trembled exceedingly violently and said, “^aWho was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came and blessed him? ^bIndeed, he shall be blessed.”

³⁴As Esau heard the words of his father, ^ahe cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, me also, O my father!”

³⁵And he said, “^aYour brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.”

³⁶Then he said, “¹Is he not rightly named ^aJacob, for he has supplanted me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

³⁷But Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him ^ayour master, and all his fellow brothers I have given to him ¹as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?”

³⁸And Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and ^awept.

³⁹Then ^aIsaac his father answered and said to him,

“Behold, ^1baway from the fatness of the earth shall be your habitation,

And ²away from the dew of heaven from above.

⁴⁰“By your sword you shall live,

And your brother ^ayou shall serve;

But it shall be ^bwhen you become restless,

That you will ¹break his yoke from your neck.”