⁴ And make me ^[a]savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul ^(A)may bless you before I die.”

¹⁹ Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, ^(A)that your soul may bless me.”

Jacob Sent to His Uncle Laban

28 Then Isaac called Jacob and ^(A)blessed him, and ^[a]charged him, and said to him: ^(B)“You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

⁵⁵ And early in the morning Laban arose, and ^(A)kissed his sons and daughters and ^(B)blessed them. Then Laban departed and ^(C)returned to his place.

⁹ Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place.”

And he said, “Please bring them to me, and ^(A)I will bless them.”

¹⁵ And ^(A)he blessed Joseph, and said:

²⁰ So he blessed them that day, saying, ^(A)“By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’ ” And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

⁶ So Joshua ^(A)blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.