Verse 29
Genesis 27:29
World English Bible, British Edition
29
Let peoples serve you,
and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers.
Let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you.
Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
יַֽעַבְד֣וּ/ךָ עַמִּ֗ים ו/ישתחו וְ/יִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֤וּ לְ/ךָ֙ לְאֻמִּ֔ים הֱוֵ֤ה גְבִיר֙ לְ/אַחֶ֔י/ךָ וְ/יִשְׁתַּחֲוּ֥וּ לְ/ךָ֖ בְּנֵ֣י אִמֶּ֑/ךָ אֹרְרֶ֣י/ךָ אָר֔וּר וּֽ/מְבָרֲכֶ֖י/ךָ בָּרֽוּךְ
English Translation
Nations shall serve you, and peoples shall bow down to you; be lord over your brothers, and let the sons of your mother bow down to you; cursed be those who curse you, and blessed be those who bless you.
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Chapter 27 Context
1
When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he
called Esau his elder son, a...
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2
He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my death.
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3
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and
go out to the field, and get...
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4
Make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may
eat, and that my soul may bless...
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5
Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the
field to hunt for venison, and to b...
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6
Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I heard your father
speak to Esau your brother, say...
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7
‘Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and bless
you before the LORD before my...
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8
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command
you.
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9
Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will
make them savoury food for yo...
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10
You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may
bless you before his death.”
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11
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is
a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
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12
What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and
I would bring a curse on myself,...
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13
His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only
obey my voice, and go get them for me...
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14
He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother
made savoury food, such as his fat...
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15
Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with
her in the house, and put them...
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16
She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth
of his neck.
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17
She gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into
the hand of her son Jacob.
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18
He came to his father, and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
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19
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have
done what you asked me to do. Please ari...
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20
Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so
quickly, my son?”
He said, “Because the...
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21
Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you,
my son, whether you are really my son E...
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22
Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said,
“The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the han...
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23
He didn’t recognise him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother
Esau’s hands. So he blessed...
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24
He said, “Are you really my son Esau?”
He said, “I am.”
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25
He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison,
that my soul may bless you.”
He b...
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26
His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”
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27
He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing,
and blessed him, and said,
“Beho...
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28
God (Elohim) give you of the dew of the sky,
of the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of grain and ne...
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29
Let peoples serve you,
and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers.
Let your mother’s so...
30
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had
just gone out from the presence of Isaac...
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31
He also made savoury food, and brought it to his father. He said to
his father, “Let my father arise...
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32
Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?”
He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
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33
Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has
taken venison, and brought it to me, a...
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34
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly
great and bitter cry, and said...
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35
He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away
your blessing.”
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36
He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted
me these two times. He took away my bi...
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37
Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and
all his brothers I have given to him fo...
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38
Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my
father? Bless me, even me also, my fathe...
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39
Isaac his father answered him,
“Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth,
and of th...
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40
You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother.
It will happen, when you will break lo...
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41
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father
blessed him. Esau said in his heart,...
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42
The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She
sent and called Jacob, her younger son,...
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43
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother,
in Haran.
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44
Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away—
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45
until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what
you have done to him. Then I wil...
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46
Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the
daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wif...
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