They blessed Rivka, and said to her, *Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them.*
Ya`akov said to his father, *I am Esav your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.*
He said, *Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you.* He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.
He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, *Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed.
He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, *Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me.*
All these are the twelve tribes of Yisra'el, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
and Shim`on blessed them, and said to Miriam, his mother, *Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Yisra'el, and for a sign which is spoken against.