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Genesis 27:36-38
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 27:36-38
New Catholic Bible
36 He then said, “He has been well named Jacob,[a] for he has supplanted me twice. He already took away my birthright and now he has taken my blessing.” He added, “Do you not have a blessing left for me?”
37 Isaac answered Esau and said, “Behold, I have made him your lord and I have given him his brothers as his servants. He is to be maintained with grain and wine. What can I do for you, my son?”
38 Esau told his father, “Do you only have one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” But Isaac was silent, and Esau cried out aloud.
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- Genesis 27:36 Jacob: i.e., “He grasps the heel” (figuratively, “He deceives”).
