Genesis 27:29-31

The Voice

²⁹    May many peoples come and serve you,
        and may nations bow down to you.
    May you be the master of your brothers,
        and may your mother’s sons all bow down before you.
    May anyone who curses you be cursed,
        and may everyone who blesses you be blessed!

³⁰Now as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and when Jacob had barely left his father, his brother Esau returned from hunting. ³¹He had also prepared a sumptuous meal and brought it to his father.

Esau: Father, sit up now and eat the game I have brought for you, so that you can speak a blessing over me.

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