When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, ‘Bless me too, my father! ’
Genesis 27:38 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Esau said to his father, ‘Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father! ’ And Esau wept loudly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Esau said to his father, Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father! And Esau lifted up [could not control] his voice and wept aloud. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Esau said to his father, “Do you really have only one blessing, Father? Bless me too, my father!” And Esau wept loudly. Catholic Public Domain Version And Esau said to him: "Have you only one blessing, father? I beg you, bless me also." And when he wept with a loud wail, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Esac said to him: Hast thou only one blessing, father? I beseech thee, bless me also. And when he wept with a loud cry, |
When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, ‘Bless me too, my father! ’
So he said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? , For he has cheated me twice now. He took my birthright, and look, now he has taken my blessing.’ Then he asked, ‘Haven’t you saved a blessing for me? ’
These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this is what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
Look! My servants will shout for joy from a glad heart, but you will cry out from an anguished heart, and you will lament out of a broken spirit.
For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, even though he sought it with tears, because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance.
When the messengers came to Gibeah, Saul’s home town, and told the terms to the people, all wept aloud.