Isaac Blesses Jacob and Esau

²¹[Jacob’s—Ed.] father Isaac said to him, “Come close and kiss me, my son.” He came close and kissed him. ²²When he smelled the fragrant aroma of his clothes, he blessed him and said, “Indeed the aroma of my son is like the aroma of a full field that the Lord has blessed.

³³Isaac said in reply to him [Esau—Ed.], “The place where you live is indeed to be [away] from the dew of the earth and from the dew of heaven above. ³⁴You will live by your sword and will serve your brother. May it be that, if you become great and remove his yoke from your neck, then you will commit an offense fully worthy of death and your descendants will be eradicated from beneath the sky.”