Genesis 27:26–40

²⁶Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss me.”

²⁷So he went to him and kissed^l him^m. 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

²⁸May God give you heaven’s dew^p

and earth’s richness^q—

an abundance of grain^r and new wine.^s

²⁹May 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”

³⁰After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting. ³¹He 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

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

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

³³Isaac 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”

³⁴When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry^b and said to his father, “Bless^c me—me too, my father!”

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

³⁶Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob^a?^f This is the second time he has taken advantage of^g 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?”

³⁷Isaac 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?”

³⁸Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.^k

³⁹His father Isaac answered him,^l

“Your dwelling will be

away from the earth’s richness,

away from the dew^m of heaven above.ⁿ

⁴⁰You will live by the sword

and you will serve^o your brother.^p

But when you grow restless,

you will throw his yoke

from off your neck.^q”