36. Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice. First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven’t you saved even one blessing for me?”
37. Isaac said to Esau, “I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine—what is left for me to give you, my son?”
38. Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.
39. Finally, his father, Isaac, said to him, “You will live away from the richness of the earth,and away from the dew of the heaven above.
40. You will live by your sword,and you will serve your brother.But when you decide to break free,you will shake his yoke from your neck.”