Bible Cross References
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
Genesis 27:27-40
27
As he came up to kiss him, Isaac smelled his clothes---so he gave him his blessing. He said, "The pleasant smell of my son is like the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed.
28
May God give you dew from heaven and make your fields fertile! May he give you plenty of grain and wine!
29
May nations be your servants, and may peoples bow down before you. May you rule over all your relatives, and may your mother's descendants bow down before you. May those who curse you be cursed, and may those who bless you be blessed."
30
Isaac finished giving his blessing, and as soon as Jacob left, his brother Esau came in from hunting.
31
He also cooked some tasty food and took it to his father. He said, "Please, father, sit up and eat some of the meat that I have brought you, so that you can give me your blessing."
32
"Who are you?" Isaac asked. "Your older son Esau," he answered.
33
Isaac began to tremble and shake all over, and he asked, "Who was it, then, who killed an animal and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came. I gave him my final blessing, and so it is his forever."
34
When Esau heard this, he cried out loudly and bitterly and said, "Give me your blessing also, father!"
35
Isaac answered, "Your brother came and deceived me. He has taken away your blessing."
36
Esau said, "This is the second time that he has cheated me. No wonder his name is Jacob. He took my rights as the first-born son, and now he has taken away my blessing. Haven't you saved a blessing for me?"
37
Isaac answered, "I have already made him master over you, and I have made all his relatives his slaves. I have given him grain and wine. Now there is nothing that I can do for you, son!"
38
Esau continued to plead with his father: "Do you have only one blessing, father? Bless me too, father!" He began to cry.
39
Then Isaac said to him, "No dew from heaven for you, No fertile fields for you.
40
You will live by your sword, But be your brother's slave. Yet when you rebel, You will break away from his control."
Genesis 28:2
Go instead to Mesopotamia, to the home of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of the young women there, one of your uncle Laban's daughters.
Genesis 28:3
May Almighty God bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the father of many nations!