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36 So he said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob?[a](A) For he has cheated me twice now. He took my birthright, and look, 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 a master over you, have given him all of his relatives as his servants, and have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son? ’

38 Esau said to his father, ‘Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father! ’ And Esau wept loudly.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 27:36 = He Grasps the Heel
  2. 27:38 Lit Esau lifted up his voice and wept