Verse 34
Genesis 27:34
New Living Translation
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When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ/שְׁמֹ֤עַ עֵשָׂו֙ אֶת דִּבְרֵ֣י אָבִ֔י/ו וַ/יִּצְעַ֣ק צְעָקָ֔ה גְּדֹלָ֥ה וּ/מָרָ֖ה עַד מְאֹ֑ד וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לְ/אָבִ֔י/ו בָּרֲכֵ֥/נִי גַם אָ֖נִי אָבִֽ/י
English Translation
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with a great and bitter cry and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father!"
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Chapter 27 Context
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One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.”...
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“I am an old man now,” Isaac said, “and I don’t know when I may die.
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Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game f...
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Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that b...
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But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild ga...
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she said to her son Jacob, “Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau,
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‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the LORD’s presen...
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Now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you.
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Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favo...
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Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”
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“But look,” Jacob replied to Rebekah, “my brother, Esau, is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth.
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What if my father touches me? He’ll see that I’m trying to trick him, and then he’ll curse me instea...
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But his mother replied, “Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and...
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So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious...
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Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger s...
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She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats.
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Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread.
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So Jacob took the food to his father. “My father?” he said. “Yes, my son,” Isaac answered. “Who are...
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Jacob replied, “It’s Esau, your firstborn son. I’ve done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now...
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Isaac asked, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?” “The LORD your God (Elohim) put it in my path...
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Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau.”
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So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are...
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But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob’s hands felt hairy just like Esau’s. So Isaac prepared...
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“But are you really my son Esau?” he asked. “Yes, I am,” Jacob replied.
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Then Isaac said, “Now, my son, bring me the wild game. Let me eat it, and then I will give you my bl...
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Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come a little closer and kiss me, my son.”
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So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally co...
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“From the dew of heaven<br>and the richness of the earth,<br>may God (Elohim) always give you abunda...
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May many nations become your servants,<br>and may they bow down to you.<br>May you be the master ove...
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As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and almost before Jacob had left his father, Esau retu...
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Esau prepared a delicious meal and brought it to his father. Then he said, “Sit up, my father, and e...
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But Isaac asked him, “Who are you?” Esau replied, “It’s your son, your firstborn son, Esau.”
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Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably and said, “Then who just served me wild game? I have already e...
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When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me?...
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But Isaac said, “Your brother was here, and he tricked me. He has taken away your blessing.”
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Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice. First he took my righ...
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Isaac said to Esau, “I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be h...
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Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down...
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Finally, his father, Isaac, said to him, “You will live away from the richness of the earth,<br>and...
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You will live by your sword,<br>and you will serve your brother.<br>But when you decide to break fre...
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From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau bega...
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But Rebekah heard about Esau’s plans. So she sent for Jacob and told him, “Listen, Esau is consoling...
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So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran.
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Stay there with him until your brother cools off.
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When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. Why shou...
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Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die tha...
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