smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD {lorde} hath
blessed. God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the
earth and plenty of corn and wine. People be thy servants and nations
bow unto thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and thy mother's children
stoop unto thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed {lessed}
be he that blesseth thee. As soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing
Iacob, and Iacob was scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his
father: then came Esau his brother from his hunting: and had made also
meat, and brought it in unto his father and said unto him: Arise my
father and eat of thy son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. Then
his father Isaac said unto him: Who art thou? he answered I am thy
eldest son Esau. And Isaac was greatly astonied out of measure, and
said: Where is he then that hath hunted venison and brought it me, and
I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him, and he
shall be blessed still. When Esau heard the words of his father, he
cried out greatly and bitterly above measure, and said unto his father:
bless me also my father. And he said thy brother came with subtlety,
and hath taken away thy blessing. Then said he: He may well be called
Iacob, for he hath undermined me now two times, first he took away my
birthright: and see, now hath he taken away my blessing also. And he
said, hast thou kept never a blessing for me? Isaac answered and said
unto Esau: behold I have made him thy lord, {LORde} and all his
mother's children have I made his servants. Moreover with corn and wine
have I stablished him, what can I do unto thee now my son? And Esau
said unto his father: hast thou but that one blessing my father? bless
me also my father: so lifted up Esau his voice and wept. Then Isaac his
father answered and said unto him: Behold thy dwelling place shall have
of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above. And
with thy sword shalt thou live and shalt be thy brother's servant; But
the time will come, when thou shalt get the mastery, and lowse his yoke
from off thy neck. And Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessing that
his father blessed him withal, and said in his heart: The days of my
father's sorrow are at hand, for I will slay my brother Iacob. And
these words of Esau her eldest son, were told to Rebecca. And she sent
and called Iacob her youngest son, and said unto him: behold thy
brother Esau threateneth to kill thee: Now therefore my son hear my
voice, make thee ready, and flee to Laban my brother at Haran: And
tarry with him a while, until thy brother's fierceness be swaged, and
until thy brother's wrath turn away from thee, and he forget that which
thou hast done to him. Then will I send and fetch thee away from
thence. Why should I lose you both in one day? And Rebecca spake to
Isaac: I am weary of my life, for fear of the daughters of Heth. If
Iacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such one as these are, or
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