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Genesis 27:27-32 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

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,

31. And brought in to his father meats made of what he had taken in hunting, saying: Arise, my father, and eat of thy son's venison; that thy soul may bless me.

32. And Isaac said to him: Why! who art thou? He answered: I am thy firstborn son Esau.

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