Genesis 27:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

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  • Gen 25:26 : 26 And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.
  • Gen 25:31-34 : 31 And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright. 32 And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me? 33 And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

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    29 Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

    30 And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

    31 And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

    32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.

    33 And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?

    34 And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!

    35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.

  • Gen 27:37-39
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    37 And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son?

    38 And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.

    39 Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:

  • Gen 27:41-42
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    41 So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

    42 Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.

  • 11 Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

  • 12 If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.

  • 19 And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

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    31 And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.

    32 And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?

    33 And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.

    34 Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.

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    22 And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

    23 And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.

    24 And he said, Are you truly my son Esau? And he said, I am.

    25 And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.

  • 29 Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

  • 6 And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,

  • 27 Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

  • 6 So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

  • 9 But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.

  • 26 And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.