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28 May God give you plenty of rain,
    good crops, and wine.
29 May the nations serve you
    and many people bow down to you.
You will rule over your brothers.
    Your mother’s sons will bow down to you and obey you.
Whoever curses you will be cursed.
    Whoever blesses you will be blessed.”

Esau’s “Blessing”

30 Isaac finished blessing Jacob. Then, just as Jacob left his father Isaac, Esau came in from hunting.

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28 May God give you heaven’s dew(A)
    and earth’s richness(B)
    an abundance of grain(C) and new wine.(D)
29 May nations serve you
    and peoples bow down to you.(E)
Be lord over your brothers,
    and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.(F)
May those who curse you be cursed
    and those who bless you be blessed.(G)

30 After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.

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