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B L E S S E S
my father arise, and eat of
my venison that thy soul may
bless me.” 27 And Isaac, his
father, said unto him: “Who
art thou?” And he said unto
him: “I am thy first born, thy
son Esau: I have done as thou
hast commanded me.”
28 And Isaac was very greatly
astonished, and said: “Who
is he that hath hunted and
caught and brought (it) to me,
and I have eaten of all before
thou camest, and have blessed
him: (and) he shall be blessed,
and all his seed for ever.”
29 And it came to pass when
Esau heard the words of his
father Isaac that he cried with
an exceeding great and bitter
cry, and said unto his father:
“Bless me, (even) me also,
father.” 30 And he said unto
him: “Thy brother came with
guile, and hath taken away
thy blessing.” And he said:
“Now I know why his name
is named Jacob: behold, he
hath supplanted me these two
times: he took away my birthright, and now he hath taken
away my blessing.” 31 And he
said: “Hast thou not reserved
a blessing for me, father?”
and Isaac answered and said
J A C O B
unto Esau: “Behold, I have
made him thy lord, And all his
brethren have I given to him
for servants, And with plenty
of corn and wine and oil have
I strengthened him: And what
now shall I do for thee, my
son?” 32 And Esau said to
Isaac, his father: “Hast thou
but one blessing, O father?
Bless me, (even) me also,
father”: And Esau lifted up his
voice and wept.
33 And Isaac answered and
said unto him: “Behold, far
from the dew of the earth shall
be thy dwelling, And far from
the dew of heaven from above.
34 And by thy sword wilt thou
So Sam. of
live, And thou wilt serve thy Gn. 27:40:
MT “when
brother. And it shall come Thou shalt
break loose.”
to pass when thou becomest
great, And dost shake his yoke This line is
a complete
from off thy neck, Thou wilt departure
from the
sin a complete sin unto death, original
text, which
And thy seed will be rooted has: “thou
shake
out from under heaven.” 35 shalt
his yoke
off thy
And Esau kept threatening from
neck.” The
Jacob because of the blessing interpretation
here given in
text has
wherewith his father blessed the
no support
him, and he said in his heart: elsewhere.
“May the days of mourning
for my father now come, so
that I may slay my brother
Jacob.”
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