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Genesis 27:25-30 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

25. Then he said: Bring me the meats of thy hunting, my son, that my soul may bless thee. And when they were brought, and he had eaten, he offered him wine also, which after he had drunk,

26. He said to him: Come near me, and give me a kiss, my son.

27. He came near, and kissed him. And immediately as he smelled the fragrant smell of his garments, blessing him, he said: Behold the smell of my son is as the smell of a plentiful field, which Lord hath blessed.

28. God give thee the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine.

29. And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let they mother's children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings.

30. Isaac had scarce ended his words, when Jacob being now gone out abroad, Esau came,

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