New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 27:39-41

39ThenIsaacיִצְחָ֥קyitz.ChakH3327his fatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1answeredוַיַּ֛עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, “Beholdהִנֵּ֞הhi.NehH2009, away from thefertilityH8082of the earthהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776shall be your dwellingמֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָmo.sha.Ve.khaH4186, Andaway from the dewוּמִטַּ֥לu.mi.TalH2919of heavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064from aboveמֵעָֽל׃me.'AlH5921.

40By your swordחַרְבְּךָ֣char.be.KhaH2719you shall liveתִֽחְיֶ֔הtich.YehH2421,And your brotherאָחִ֖יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251you shall serveתַּעֲבֹ֑דta.'a.VodH5647;But it shall comeוְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961aboutwhenH3512you becomeH7300restlessתָּרִ֔ידta.RidH7300, That you willbreakוּפָרַקְתָּ֥u.fa.rak.TaH6561his yokeעֻלּ֖וֹu.LoH5923from your neckצַוָּארֶֽךָ׃tza.va.Re.khaH6677.”

41So Esauעֵשָׂו֙'e.SavH6215boreH7852a grudgeוַיִּשְׂטֹ֤םvai.yis.TomH7852againstH7852Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290becauseעַל־'al-H5921of the blessingהַ֨בְּרָכָ֔הha.be.ra.KhahH1293with whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834his fatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1had blessedבֵּרֲכ֖וֹbe.ra.KhoH1288him; and Esauעֵשָׂ֜ו'e.SavH6215saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to himselfבְּלִבּ֗וֹbe.li.BoH3820, “The daysיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117of mourningאֵ֣בֶל'E.velH60for my fatherאָבִ֔י'a.ViH1are nearיִקְרְבוּ֙yik.re.VuH7126;then I will killוְאַֽהַרְגָ֖הve.'a.har.GahH2026my brotherאָחִֽי׃'a.ChiH251Jacobיַעֲקֹ֥בya.'a.KoH3290.”

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