KJV King James Version
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, [even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 27:38
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, [even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.
WEB World English Bible
Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
ASV American Standard Version
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Esau saith unto his father, ‘One blessing hast thou my father? bless me, me also, O my father;’ and Esau lifteth up his voice, and weepeth.
Surrounding context — Genesis 27
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, [even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayעֵשָׂ֜וH6215 · e.savEsauאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אָבִ֗יוH1 · avfatherהַֽבְרָכָ֨הH1293 · be.ra.khahblessingאַחַ֤תH259 · e.chadoneהִֽוא־H1931 · huhe/she/itלְךָ֙H9031 · kayouאָבִ֔יH1 · avfatherבָּרֲכֵ֥נִיH1288 · ba.rakhto blessגַם־H1571 · gamalsoאָ֖נִיH589 · a.niIאָבִ֑יH1 · avfatherוַיִּשָּׂ֥אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseעֵשָׂ֛וH6215 · e.savEsauקֹל֖וֹH6963 · qolvoiceוַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃H1058 · ba.khahto weep
Cross-references
Hebrews 12:17For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.Genesis 27:34And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, [even] me also, O my father.Proverbs 1:24-26Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;Genesis 27:36And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?Genesis 49:28All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel: and this [is it] that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.Isaiah 65:14Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.Isaiah 32:10-12Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
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