Genesis 27:35 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 27:35

33 Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him—^aand indeed he shall be blessed.”

34 When Esau heard the words of his father, ^ahe cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me—me also, O my father!”

35 But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”

36 And Esau said, ^a“Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

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 ^bgrain and wine I have 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 ^aand wept.

39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:
“Behold, ^ayour dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth,
And of the dew of heaven from above.

40 By your sword you shall live,
And ^ayou shall serve your brother;
And ^bit shall come to pass, when you become restless,
That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”

Jacob Escapes from Esau

41 So Esau ^ahated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, ^b“The days of mourning for my father¹ are at hand; ^cthen I will kill my brother Jacob.”

42 And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Surely your brother Esau ^acomforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you.

43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban ^ain Haran.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 27:35

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American Standard Version
And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.

Amplified® Bible
[Isaac] said, Your brother came with crafty cunning {and} treacherous deceit and has taken your blessing.

Contemporary English Version
Isaac answered, "Your brother tricked me and stole your blessing."

Darby English Version
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and has taken away thy blessing.

Good News Bible
Isaac answered, "Your brother came and deceived me. He has taken away your blessing."

King James Version
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

New American Standard Bible
And he said, "Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing."

New International Version
But he said, "Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing."

New King James Version
But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And he said, "Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing."

Revised Standard Version
But he said, "Your brother came with guile, and he has taken away your blessing."

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith, `Thy brother hath come with subtilty, and taketh thy blessing.'

New English Translation
But Isaac¹ replied, “Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away² your blessing.”

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