Genesis 27
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Genesis 27:34-38

34When Esau heard the words of his father, 1he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me as well, my father!” 35And he said, “2Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.” 36Then Esau said, “3Is he not rightly named 45Jacob, for he has betrayed me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37But Isaac replied to Esau, “Behold, I have made him 6your master, and I have given to him all his relatives 7as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” 38Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, me as well, my father.” So Esau raised his voice and 8wept.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 27:34 Heb 12:17 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 27:35 Gen 27:19 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 27:36 Or Was he then named Jacob that he has ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 27:36 Fr Heb verb meaning to seize someone by the heel, and so to betray ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 27:36 Gen 25:26, 32-34 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 27:37 Gen 27:28, 29 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 27:37 Lit for ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 27:38 Heb 12:17 ↩

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