Genesis 27:38
New International Version
Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

New Living Translation
Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.

English Standard Version
Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

New American Standard Bible
Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, me as well, my father.” So Esau raised his voice and wept.

NASB 1995
Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and wept.

NASB 1977
And Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and wept.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and wept.

Amplified Bible
Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” Then Esau [no longer able to restrain himself] raised his voice and wept [loudly].

Christian Standard Bible
Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father! ” And Esau wept loudly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Esau said to his father, “Do you only have one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” And Esau wept loudly.

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.

Contemporary English Version
"Father," Esau asked, "don't you have more than one blessing? You can surely give me a blessing too!" Then Esau started crying again.

English Revised 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Esau asked, "Do you have only one blessing, Father? Bless me too, Father!" And Esau sobbed loudly.

Good News Translation
Esau continued to plead with his father: "Do you have only one blessing, father? Bless me too, father!" He began to cry.

International Standard Version
Then Esau implored his father, "Don't you have even one blessing for me, my father? Bless me, even me too, my father!" Then Esau lifted his voice and wept bitterly.

Majority 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.

NET Bible
Esau said to his father, "Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!" Then Esau wept loudly.

New Heart 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Esau said to 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.

World English Bible
Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Esau says to his father, “One blessing have you my father? Bless me, me also, O my father”; and Esau lifts up his voice, and weeps.

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.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Esau will say to his father, Is but this one blessing to thee my father? bless me, also me, my father! and Esau will lift up the voice and weep.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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,

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,

New American Bible
But Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, father? Bless me too, father!” and Esau wept aloud.

New Revised Standard Version
Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, father? Bless me, me also, father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And Esau said to his father, Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Esau said to his father, “You have one blessing, my father; bless me also, even me, my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Esau said to his father, Hast thou only one blessing, father? Bless, I pray thee, me also, father. And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Stolen Blessing
37But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?” 38Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud. 39His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.…

Cross References
Hebrews 12:16-17
See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. / For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

Romans 9:13
So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

Malachi 1:2-3
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

Obadiah 1:10
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

Obadiah 1:18
Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.

Hebrews 11:20
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

Genesis 25:29-34
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished. / He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.) / “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied. ...

Genesis 28:8-9
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women, / Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

Genesis 36:1-8
This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom). / Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, / and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. ...

Numbers 20:14-21
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, / how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, / and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. ...

Deuteronomy 2:4-5
and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful. / Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.

1 Samuel 14:47
After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.

2 Samuel 8:14
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

1 Chronicles 1:34
Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

Ezekiel 25:12-14
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’


Treasury of Scripture

And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

Genesis 27:34,36
And 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…

Genesis 49:28
All 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.

Proverbs 1:24-26
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; …

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Genesis 27
1. Isaac sends Esau for venison.
6. Rebekah instructs Jacob to obtain the blessing.
14. Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it.
30. Esau brings venison.
33. Isaac trembles.
34. Esau complains, and by importunity obtains a blessing.
41. He threatens Jacob's life.
42. Rebekah disappoints him, by sending Jacob away.














Esau said to his father
The name "Esau" is derived from the Hebrew root "עשו" (Esav), meaning "hairy" or "rough," which reflects his physical appearance at birth (Genesis 25:25). Esau's plea to his father, Isaac, is deeply emotional and reveals the cultural and familial significance of the patriarchal blessing in ancient Near Eastern societies. The blessing was not merely a verbal wish but a prophetic declaration that shaped the future of the recipient. Esau's approach to his father underscores the desperation and urgency he felt, knowing the irrevocable nature of the blessing already given to Jacob.

Do you have only one blessing, my father?
This phrase highlights the singular importance of the blessing in the patriarchal tradition. In the Hebrew context, a blessing was not just a prayer or a wish but a powerful, binding pronouncement that carried divine favor and authority. Esau's question reflects his understanding of the blessing's unique and potent nature, as well as his hope that there might still be some form of blessing left for him. The singularity of the blessing also points to the exclusivity of God's covenant promises, which were to be passed down through a chosen line.

Bless me too, O my father!
Esau's plea is a poignant expression of his desire for his father's favor and the divine promise associated with it. The repetition of "my father" emphasizes the personal and intimate relationship between Esau and Isaac, as well as Esau's reliance on his father's authority to bestow a blessing. This request also reveals Esau's recognition of the spiritual and material benefits that accompany the blessing, which he desperately seeks despite having previously despised his birthright (Genesis 25:34).

Then Esau wept aloud
The Hebrew word for "wept" is "בכה" (bakah), which conveys a deep, audible expression of grief and sorrow. Esau's weeping is a powerful testament to his profound sense of loss and regret. In the cultural and historical context, weeping was often a public display of mourning or distress, indicating the depth of Esau's emotional turmoil. This moment of vulnerability highlights the consequences of his earlier decisions and the irreversible nature of the blessing given to Jacob. Esau's tears serve as a reminder of the weight of spiritual inheritance and the importance of valuing God's promises.

(38) Hast thou but one blessing?--Only one son could inherit the spiritual prerogatives of the birthright, and the temporal lordship which accompanied it. And even lower earthly blessings would avail little if Esau's descendants were to be subject to the dominion of the other brother's race. With some mitigation, then, of his lot Esau must now be content.

Verse 38. - And ESAU said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Not as desiring either the reversal of the patriarchal sentence upon Jacob, which he appears to have understood to be irrevocable, or an extension of its gracious provisions, so as to include him as well as Jacob; but as soliciting such a benediction as would place him, at least in respect of temporalities, on a level with the favorite of Rebekah, either because he did not recognize the spiritual character of the covenant blessing, or because, though recognizing it, he was willing to let it go. Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept (cf. Hebrews 12:17). "Those tear expressed, indeed, sorrow for his forfeiture, but not for the sinful levity by which it had been incurred. They were ineffectual (i.e. they did not lead to genuine repentance) because Esau was incapable of true repentance" (vide Delitzsch on Hebrews 12:17).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Esau
עֵשָׂ֜ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

said
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

his father,
אָבִ֗יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

“Do you have only one
אַחַ֤ת (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

blessing,
הַֽבְרָכָ֨ה (haḇ·rā·ḵāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1293: Benediction, prosperity

my father?
אָבִ֔י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

Bless
בָּרֲכֵ֥נִי (bā·ră·ḵê·nî)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

me too,
גַם־ (ḡam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

O my father!”
אָבִ֑י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

Then Esau
עֵשָׂ֛ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

wept
וַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃ (way·yê·ḇək)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan

aloud.
וַיִּשָּׂ֥א (way·yiś·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take


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