34 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, (A)he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!” 35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” 36 Esau said, (B)“Is he not rightly named Jacob?[a] For he has cheated me these two times. (C)He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:36 Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats

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