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Genesis 27:36-39 Common English Bible (CEB)

36. Esau said, "Isn’t this why he’s called Jacob? He’s taken me twice now: he took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing." He continued, "Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?"

37. Isaac replied to Esau, "I’ve already made him more powerful than you, and I’ve made all of his brothers his servants. I’ve made him strong with grain and wine. What can I do for you, my son?"

38. Esau said to his father, "Do you really have only one blessing, Father? Bless me too, my father!" And Esau wept loudly.

39. His father Isaac responded and said to him,"Now, you will make a homefar away from the olive groves of the earth,far away from the showers of the sky above.

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