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37 But Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him (A)your master, and all his fellow brothers I have given to him [a]as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?” 38 And Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and (B)wept.

39 Then (C)Isaac his father answered and said to him,

“Behold, [b](D)away from the fatness of the earth shall be your habitation,
And [c]away from the dew of heaven from above.

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  1. Genesis 27:37 Lit for
  2. Genesis 27:39 Or of
  3. Genesis 27:39 Or of

37 Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine.(A) So what can I possibly do for you, my son?”

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

39 His father Isaac answered him,(C)

“Your dwelling will be
    away from the earth’s richness,
    away from the dew(D) of heaven above.(E)

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