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Genesis 27:34

Esau
GriefShame

32 But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” “I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.

33 Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”

When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”

35 But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”

36 So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

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BSB
When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”
KJV
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
WEB
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.”
ASV
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
DARBY
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me me also, my father!
BLB
And Esau heard the words of his father, and he cried out an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and he said to his father, “Bless me also, my father!”
ÅB
Da Esau hørte disse ord av sin far, satte han i et høyt og sårt skrik, og han sa til sin far: Velsign også meg, min far!
OTB
Da Esau hørte sin fars ord, ropte han med et overmåte stort og bittert rop og sa til sin far: «Velsign meg, meg også, min far!»
B1930
Da Esau hørte disse ord av sin far, satte han i et høit og sårt skrik, og han sa til sin far: Velsign også mig, min far!

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