Genesis 27:38

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Esau said to his father, 'Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!' Then Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר עֵשָׂ֜ו אֶל־אָבִ֗יו הַֽבְרָכָ֨ה אַחַ֤ת הִֽוא־לְךָ֙ אָבִ֔י בָּרֲכֵ֥נִי גַם־אָ֖נִי אָבִ֑י וַיִּשָּׂ֥א עֵשָׂ֛ו קֹל֖וֹ וַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer ʿēśāw ʾel-ʾāḇîw ha-bəraḵāh ʾaḥat hîʾ-ləḵā ʾāḇî bārăḵēnî ḡam-ʾānî ʾāḇî wa-yiśśāʾ ʿēśāw qōlô wa-yēḇək

Grammar Details

• *wa-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and said
• *ʿēśāw*: proper noun, masculine singular - Esau
• *ʾel-ʾāḇîw*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his father
• *ha-bəraḵāh*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the blessing
• *ʾaḥat*: adjective, feminine singular - one
• *hîʾ-ləḵā*: pronoun, feminine singular + preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - is it to you
• *ʾāḇî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my father
• *bārăḵēnî*: piel imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - bless me
• *ḡam-ʾānî*: conjunction + pronoun, 1st person singular - also I/me too
• *wa-yiśśāʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and lifted up
• *qōlô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his voice
• *wa-yēḇək*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and wept

Word Meanings

• *ha-bəraḵāh*: the blessing/the benediction
• *ʾaḥat*: one/single/only
• *bārăḵēnî*: bless me/confer favor upon me
• *wa-yiśśāʾ*: and lifted up/and raised
• *wa-yēḇək*: and wept/and cried

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Esau sayde vnto his father? hast thou but yt one blessynge my father? blesse me also my father: so lyfted vp Esau his voyce and wept

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Esau sayde vnto his father? Hast thou not one blessynge more my father? O blesse me also my father. And he lift vp his voyce, & wepte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Esau sayde vnto his father, Hast thou but one blessing my father? blesse mee, euen me also, my father: and Esau lifted vp his voyce, and wept.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Esau sayde vnto his father: hast thou but that one blessyng my father? blesse me, I am also thy sonne O my father. So lyfted vp Esau his voyce, and wept.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, [even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Esau saith unto his father, `One blessing hast thou my father? bless me, me also, O my father;' and Esau lifteth up his voice, and weepeth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Esau said to his father,“Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” Then Esau wept loudly.

Referenced Verses

• Heb 12:17 : 17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He found no opportunity for repentance, even though he sought it with tears.
• Gen 27:34 : 34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, 'Bless me—me too, my father!'.
• Gen 27:36 : 36 Esau said, 'Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice: He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing!' Then he asked, 'Haven't you reserved any blessing for me?'
• Gen 49:28 : 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.
• Prov 1:24-26 : 24 Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand, but no one paid attention, 25 And you ignored all my advice and would have none of my correction, 26 I too will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,
• Isa 32:10-12 : 10 In little more than a year, you who feel secure will tremble, for the grape harvest will fail, and the gathering will not come. 11 Tremble, you who are at ease; shudder, you who feel secure! Strip yourselves bare and put on sackcloth around your waists. 12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines.
• Isa 65:14 : 14 Behold, my servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from the pain of your hearts and wail from a broken spirit.