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Genesis 27:37-40

37And Isaacיִצְחָ֜קyitz.ChakH3327answeredוַיַּ֨עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Esauלְעֵשָׂ֗וle.'e.SavH6215,Behold, I have madeשַׂמְתִּ֥יוsam.TivH7760him thy lordגְּבִ֞ירge.VirH1376,and all his brethrenאֶחָ֗יו'e.ChavH251have I givenנָתַ֤תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414to him for servantsלַעֲבָדִ֔יםla.'a.va.DimH5650;and with grainוְדָגָ֥ןve.da.GanH1715and wineוְתִירֹ֖שׁve.ti.RoshH8492have I sustainedסְמַכְתִּ֑יוse.makh.TivH5564him: and what shall I doאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה'e.'e.SehH6213nowאֵפ֔וֹא'e.Fo'H645unto thee, my sonבְּנִֽי׃be.NiH1121?

38And Esauעֵשָׂ֜ו'e.SavH6215saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto his fatherאָבִ֗יו'a.VivH1,Hast thou but oneאַחַ֤ת'a.ChatH259blessingהַֽבְרָכָ֨הhav.ra.KhahH1293,my fatherאָבִ֔י'a.ViH1?blessבָּרֲכֵ֥נִיba.ra.Khe.niH1288me, evenme also, O my fatherאָבִ֑י'a.ViH1.And Esauעֵשָׂ֛ו'e.SavH6215lifted upוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375his voiceקֹל֖וֹko.LoH6963,and weptוַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃vai.Ye.vekH1058.

39And Isaacיִצְחָ֥קyitz.ChakH3327his fatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1answeredוַיַּ֛עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, Behold, thy dwellingמֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָmo.sha.Ve.khaH4186shall be the fatnessמִשְׁמַנֵּ֤יmish.ma.NeiH4924of the earthהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776,and of the dewוּמִטַּ֥לu.mi.TalH2919of heavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064from aboveH5920;

40And by thy swordחַרְבְּךָ֣char.be.KhaH2719shalt thou liveתִֽחְיֶ֔הtich.YehH2421,and shalt serveתַּעֲבֹ֑דta.'a.VodH5647thy brotherאָחִ֖יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251;and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominionתָּרִ֔ידta.RidH7300,that thou shalt breakוּפָרַקְתָּ֥u.fa.rak.TaH6561his yokeעֻלּ֖וֹu.LoH5923from off thy neckצַוָּארֶֽךָ׃tza.va.Re.khaH6677.

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