37. Isaac replied to Esau: “I have already appointed him your master, and I have assigned to him all his kindred as his servants; besides, I have sustained him with grain and wine. What then can I do for you, my son?”
38. But Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, father? Bless me too, father!” and Esau wept aloud.
39. His father Isaac said in response:“See, far from the fertile earthwill be your dwelling;far from the dew of the heavens above!
40. By your sword you will live,and your brother you will serve;But when you become restless,you will throw off his yoke from your neck.”
41. Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. Esau said to himself, “Let the time of mourning for my father come, so that I may kill my brother Jacob.”
42. When Rebekah got news of what her older son Esau had in mind, she summoned her younger son Jacob and said to him: “Listen! Your brother Esau intends to get his revenge by killing you.
43. So now, my son, obey me: flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran,