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Genesis 27:37

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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?”

But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”

38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

39 His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

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BSB
But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
KJV
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
WEB
Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?”
ASV
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants. And with grain and new wine have I sustained him. And what then shall I do for thee, my son?
DARBY
And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him and what can I do now for thee, my son?
BLB
And Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him master over you, and all his brothers I have given to him as servants, and grain and new wine I have sustained him with; and for you now, what shall I do, my son?”
ÅB
Isak svarte og sa til Esau: Se, jeg har satt ham til herre over deg, og alle hans brødre har jeg gjort til hans tjenere, og jeg har gitt ham korn og most i overflod; hva skal jeg da gjøre for deg, min sønn?
OTB
Isak svarte Esau: «Se, jeg har gjort ham til din herre, og jeg har gitt alle hans slektninger som tjenere til ham; og med korn og ny vin har jeg opprettholdt ham. Hva kan jeg da gjøre for deg, min sønn?»
B1930
Isak svarte og sa til Esau: Se, jeg har satt ham til herre over dig, og alle hans brødre har jeg gjort til hans tjenere, og jeg har gitt ham korn og most i overflod; hvad skal jeg da gjøre for dig, min sønn?

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  • Genesis 27:28–29

    May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine.

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  • Genesis 25:23

    and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

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  • 2 Samuel 8:14

    He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

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  • Romans 9:10–12

    Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

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