29 (A)May peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you;
(B)Be master of your brothers,
(C)And may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
(D)Cursed be those who curse you,
And blessed be those who bless you.”

The Stolen Blessing

30 Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of his father Isaac, that his brother Esau came in from his hunting. 31 Then he also made a delicious meal, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “(E)Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that [a](F)you may bless me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:31 Lit your soul

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