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Genesis 27:39

Isaac

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?”

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

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.”

41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

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BSB
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.
KJV
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
WEB
Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of the sky from above.
ASV
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above.
DARBY
And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of the dew of heaven from above;
BLB
And Isaac his father answered and said to him, “Behold, from the fatness of the earth shall be your dwelling, and from the dew of the heavens above.
ÅB
Da tok Isak, hans far, til orde igjen og sa til ham: Se, uten jordens fedme skal din bolig være og uten himmelens dugg fra oven.
OTB
Hans far Isak svarte ham: «Se, borte fra jordens rikdom skal din bolig være, og borte fra himmelens dugg ovenfra.
B1930
Da tok Isak, hans far, til orde igjen og sa til ham: Se, uten jordens fedme skal din bolig være og uten himmelens dugg fra oven.

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  • Genesis 27:28

    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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  • Hebrews 11:20

    By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

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  • Joshua 24:4

    and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

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  • Genesis 36:6–8

    Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.

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