28. May God give you heaven’s dewand earth’s richness –an abundance of grain and new wine.
29. May nations serve youand peoples bow down to you.Be lord over your brothers,and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.May those who curse you be cursedand those who bless you be blessed.’
30. After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.
31. He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, ‘My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.’
32. His father Isaac asked him, ‘Who are you?’‘I am your son,’ he answered, ‘your firstborn, Esau.’