Genesis 27:29–40

^29yLet peoples serve you,

And nations bow down to you.

Be master over your brethren,

And ^zlet your mother’s sons bow down to you.

^aCursed be everyone who curses you,

And blessed be those who bless you!”

Esau’s Lost Hope

³⁰Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. ³¹He also had made ⁴savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and ^beat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.”

³²And his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?”

So he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

³³Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him—^cand indeed he shall be blessed.”

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

³⁵But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”

³⁶And Esau said, ^e“Is he not rightly named ⁵Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

³⁷Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, ^f“Indeed I have made him your master, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with ^ggrain and wine I have ⁶sustained him. What shall I do now for you, my son?”

³⁸And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice ^hand wept.

³⁹Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:

“Behold, ⁱyour dwelling shall be of the ⁷fatness of the earth,

And of the dew of heaven from above.

⁴⁰By your sword you shall live,

And ^jyou shall serve your brother;

And ^kit shall come to pass, when you become restless,

That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”