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31 He also has prepared his father’s favorite dish and brings it to him.)

Esau: “Here I am, Father, with the venison. Sit up and eat it so that you can give me your finest blessings!”

32 Isaac: “Who is it?”

Esau: “Why, it’s me, of course! Esau, your oldest son!”

33 (Isaac begins to tremble noticeably.)

Isaac: “Then who is it who was just here with venison, and I have already eaten it and blessed him with irrevocable blessing?”

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31 He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, “My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”(A)

32 His father Isaac asked him, “Who are you?”(B)

“I am your son,” he answered, “your firstborn, Esau.(C)

33 Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me?(D) I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!(E)

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