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Genesis 27:34-38

34When Esauעֵשָׂו֙'e.SavH6215heardכִּשְׁמֹ֤עַkish.Mo.a'H8085the wordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of his fatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1,he criedH6817outH6817with an exceedinglyמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966greatגְּדֹלָ֥הge.do.LahH1419and bitterוּמָרָ֖הu.ma.RahH4751cryצְעָקָ֔הtze.'a.KahH6818,and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to his fatherלְאָבִ֔יוle.'a.VivH1, “Blessבָּרֲכֵ֥נִיba.ra.Khe.niH1288me, me asH1571wellH1571,my fatherאָבִֽי׃'a.ViH1!”

35And he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Your brotherאָחִ֖יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251cameבָּ֥אba'H935deceitfullyבְּמִרְמָ֑הbe.mir.MahH4820and has takenוַיִּקַּ֖חvai.yi.KachH3947away your blessingבִּרְכָתֶֽךָ׃bir.kha.Te.khaH1293.”

36Then Esausaidוַיֹּ֡אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Is he not rightly namedקָרָ֨א שְׁמ֜וֹka.Ra' she.MoH7121 H8034Jacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290,for he has betrayedוַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙vai.ya'.ke.Ve.niH6117me theseזֶ֣הzehH2088twoפַעֲמַ֔יִםfa.'a.Ma.yimH6471timesH6471?He tookלָקָ֔חla.KachH3947away my birthrightבְּכֹרָתִ֣יbe.kho.ra.TiH1062,and beholdוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009,nowעַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH6258he has takenלָקַ֣חla.KachH3947away my blessingבִּרְכָתִ֑יbir.kha.TiH1293.”And he saidוַיֹּאמַ֕רvai.yo.MarH559, “Have you not reservedאָצַ֥לְתָּ'a.Tzal.taH680a blessingבְּרָכָֽה׃be.ra.KhahH1293for me?”

37But Isaacיִצְחָ֜קyitz.ChakH3327repliedוַיַּ֨עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030to Esauלְעֵשָׂ֗וle.'e.SavH6215, “Beholdהֵ֣ןhenH2005,I have madeשַׂמְתִּ֥יוsam.TivH7760himyour masterגְּבִ֞ירge.VirH1376,and I have givenנָתַ֤תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414to him allכָּל־kol-H3605his relativesאֶחָ֗יו'e.ChavH251as servantsלַעֲבָדִ֔יםla.'a.va.DimH5650;and with grainוְדָגָ֥ןve.da.GanH1715and newוְתִירֹ֖שׁve.ti.RoshH8492wineH8492I have sustainedסְמַכְתִּ֑יוse.makh.TivH5564him. Whatמָ֥הmahH4100thenאֵפ֔וֹא'e.Fo'H645can I doאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה'e.'e.SehH6213for you, my sonבְּנִֽי׃be.NiH1121?”

38Esauעֵשָׂ֜ו'e.SavH6215saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to his fatherאָבִ֗יו'a.VivH1, “Do you have only oneאַחַ֤ת'a.ChatH259blessingהַֽבְרָכָ֨הhav.ra.KhahH1293,my fatherאָבִ֔י'a.ViH1?Blessבָּרֲכֵ֥נִיba.ra.Khe.niH1288me, me asH1571wellH1571,my fatherאָבִ֑י'a.ViH1.”So Esauעֵשָׂ֛ו'e.SavH6215raisedוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375his voiceקֹל֖וֹko.LoH6963andweptוַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃vai.Ye.vekH1058.

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