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Genesis 27:38

Esau
Grief

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?”

37 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?”

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.

40 You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.
KJV
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
WEB
Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
ASV
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
DARBY
And Esau said to his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me me also, my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
BLB
And Esau said to his father, “[Is] it one blessing, that you have my father? Bless me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
ÅB
Og Esau sa til sin far: Har du da bare denne ene velsignelse, min far? Velsign også meg, min far! Og Esau gråt høyt.
OTB
Esau sa til sin far: «Har du bare én velsignelse, min far? Velsign meg, meg også, min far!» Da hevet Esau sin stemme og gråt.
B1930
Og Esau sa til sin far: Har du da bare denne ene velsignelse, min far? Velsign også mig, min far! Og Esau gråt høit.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hebrews 12:17

    For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

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  • Genesis 27:34

    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!”

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  • Isaiah 65:14

    My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

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  • Genesis 27:36

    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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  • Proverbs 1:24–26

    Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

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  • Genesis 49:28

    These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

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  • Isaiah 32:10–12

    In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

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