<p class="poetry">because of the God of your father,p> <p class="poetry">who will help you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the sovereign God,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">who will bless you<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">with blessings from the sky above,p> <p class="poetry">blessings from the deep that lies below,p> <p class="poetry">and blessings of the breasts and womb.<n id="4" />p>

But Isaac<n id="1" /> replied, &#8220;Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away<n id="2" /> your blessing.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">The blessings of your father are greaterp> <p class="poetry">than<n id="1" /> the blessings of the eternal mountains<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or the desirable things of the age-old hills.p> <p class="poetry">They will be on the head of Josephp> <p class="poetry">and on the brow of the prince of his brothers.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will make you<n id="1" /> into a great nation, and I will bless you,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and I will make your name great,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so that you will exemplify divine blessing.<n id="4" />p>

My father may touch me! Then he&#8217;ll think I&#8217;m mocking him<n id="1" /> and I&#8217;ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.&#8221;

Esau exclaimed, &#8220;&#8216;Jacob&#8217; is the right name for him!<n id="1" /> He has tripped me up<n id="2" /> two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!&#8221; Then he asked, &#8220;Have you not kept back a blessing for me?&#8221;p>

Esau said to his father, &#8220;Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!&#8221;<n id="1" /> Then Esau wept loudly.<n id="2" />p>

May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham<n id="1" /> so that you may possess the land<n id="2" /> God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.&#8221;<n id="3" />

Please take my present<n id="1" /> that was brought to you, for God has been generous<n id="2" /> to me and I have all I need.&#8221;<n id="3" /> When Jacob urged him, he took it.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">These<n id="1" /> are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So Esau hated<n id="1" /> Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother.<n id="2" /> Esau said privately,<n id="3" /> &#8220;The time<n id="4" /> of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill<n id="5" /> my brother Jacob!&#8221;p>

From the time<n id="1" /> Potiphar<n id="2" /> appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the <sc>Lordsc> blessed<n id="3" /> the Egyptian&#8217;s household for Joseph&#8217;s sake. The blessing of the <sc>Lordsc> was on everything that he had, both<n id="4" /> in his house and in his fields.<n id="5" />