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Then Isaac ^(F1)trembled violently, and said, "^(C1)Who then was he who hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate from all of it before you came, and blessed him? ^(C2)Yes, and he shall be blessed."

When Esau heard the words of his father, ^(C1)he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, me as well, my father!"

And he said, "^(C1)Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing."

Then Esau said, "^(F1)Is he not rightly named ^(F2)(C1)Jacob, for he has betrayed me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing." And he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"

But Isaac replied to Esau, "Behold, I have made him ^(C1)your master, and I have given to him all his relatives ^(F1)as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?"

Esau said to his father, "Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, me as well, my father." So Esau raised his voice and ^(C1)wept.

Then ^(C1)his father Isaac answered and said to him, "Behold, ^(F1)(C2)away from the ^(F2)fertility of the earth shall be your dwelling, And ^(F1)away from the dew of heaven from above.

-"And by your sword you shall live, And ^(C1)you shall serve your brother; But it shall come about ^(C2)when you become restless, That you will ^(F1)break his yoke from your neck."