Genesis 27:30–40

The Stolen Blessing

³⁰Now it came about, 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 savory food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “^aLet my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that ^1byou may bless me.”

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

³³Then Isaac ¹trembled 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? ^bYes, and he shall be blessed.”

³⁴When Esau heard the words of his father, ^ahe cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even 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 replied to Esau, “Behold, I have made him ^ayour master, and all his ¹relatives I have given to him ²as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?”

³⁸Esau 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 ²fertility of the earth shall be your dwelling,

And away from the dew of heaven from above.

⁴⁰“By your sword you shall live,

And your brother ^ayou shall serve;

But it shall come about ^bwhen you become restless,

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