27 So he went to him and kissedl himm. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes,n he blessed him and said,

“Ah, the smell of my son

is like the smell of a field

that the Lord has blessed.o

28 May God give you heaven’s dewp

and earth’s richnessq—

an abundance of grainr and new wine.s

29 May nations serve you

and peoples bow down to you.t

Be lord over your brothers,

and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.u

May those who curse you be cursed

and those who bless you be blessed.v”

30 After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting. 31 He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, “My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”w

32 His father Isaac asked him, “Who are you?”x

“I am your son,” he answered, “your firstborn, Esau.y”

33 Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me?z I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!a”

34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cryb and said to his father, “Blessc me—me too, my father!”

35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfullyd and took your blessing.”e

36 Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacoba?f This is the second time he has taken advantage ofg me: He took my birthright,h and now he’s taken my blessing!”i Then he asked, “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?”

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.j 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.k

39 His father Isaac answered him,l

“Your dwelling will be

away from the earth’s richness,

away from the dewm of heaven above.n

40 You will live by the sword

and you will serveo your brother.p

But when you grow restless,

you will throw his yoke

from off your neck.q”

41 Esau held a grudger against Jacobs because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourningt for my father are near; then I will killu my brother Jacob.”v