Genesis 27:34–41

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”

⁴¹Esau held a grudge^r against Jacob^s because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning^t for my father are near; then I will kill^u my brother Jacob.”^v