29 (A)Let peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you.
Be master over your brethren,
And (B)let your mother’s sons bow down to you.
(C)Cursed be everyone who curses you,
And blessed be those who bless you!”

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29 May nations serve you
    and peoples bow down to you.(A)
Be lord over your brothers,
    and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.(B)
May those who curse you be cursed
    and those who bless you be blessed.(C)

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37 Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, (A)“Indeed I have made him your master, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with (B)grain and wine I have [a]sustained him. What shall I do now for you, my son?”

38 And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice (C)and wept.

39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:

“Behold, (D)your dwelling shall be of the [b]fatness of the earth,
And of the dew of heaven from above.
40 By your sword you shall live,
And (E)you shall serve your brother;
And (F)it shall come to pass, when you become restless,
That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:37 provided support for
  2. Genesis 27:39 fertility

37 Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine.(A) So what can I possibly do for you, my son?”

38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.(B)

39 His father Isaac answered him,(C)

“Your dwelling will be
    away from the earth’s richness,
    away from the dew(D) of heaven above.(E)
40 You will live by the sword
    and you will serve(F) your brother.(G)
But when you grow restless,
    you will throw his yoke
    from off your neck.(H)

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18 “And (A)Edom shall be a possession;
Seir also, his enemies, shall be a possession,
While Israel does [a]valiantly.

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  1. Numbers 24:18 mightily

18 Edom(A) will be conquered;
    Seir,(B) his enemy, will be conquered,(C)
    but Israel(D) will grow strong.

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15 (A)For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, (B)after he had killed every male in Edom

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15 Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.(A)

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