Esau’s Grief

30And it happened that as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

31He too prepared tasty food and brought it to his father, and he said to his father, “Let my father rise and eat of his son's game, so that your soul may bless me.”

32His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

33Then Isaac trembled with a very great trembling and said, “Who then was it who hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate from all of it before you came and blessed him? Yes, and he will be blessed.”

34When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me too, my father!”

35And he said, “Your brother came with deceit and took your blessing.”

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

37Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Look, I have made him master over you, and I have given all his brothers to him as servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son?”

38Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau raised his voice and wept.

39Then his father Isaac answered and said to him, “Behold, your dwelling shall be away from the richness of the earth, and away from the dew of heaven above.”

40And by your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you break loose, you shall break his yoke from off your neck.

41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are drawing near; then I will kill Jacob my brother.”

42And the words of Esau, her older son, were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, “Look, Esau your brother is consoling himself about you by planning to kill you.”

43Now, my son, listen to my voice, and arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran.

44And stay with him for a few days, until your brother's fury turns away.

45until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved of both of you in one day?

46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth like these, from the daughters of the land, what is life to me?”