Genesis 27:39

And Yitzchak aviv answered and said unto him, 1 Hinei, thy moshav (dwelling) shall be the fatness of ha'aretz, 1 and of the tal HaShomayim from above; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

In Context

38And Esav said unto aviv, Hast thou but one brocha, avi? Make a brocha on me, even me also, O avi. And Esav lifted up his kol (voice), and wept.

40And by thy cherev shalt thou live, 1 and shalt serve achicha; 1 and it shall come to pass when thou shalt become restless, 1 that thou shalt break his ol (yoke) from off thy tzavar (neck).

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Cross References

Genesis 27:27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the reiach (smell) of his begadim, and made a brocha upon him, and said, 1 See, the reiach of beni 1 is as the reiach of a sadeh 1 upon which Hashem hath made a brocha; 1

Genesis 36:6And Esav took his nashim, and his banim, and his banot, and kol nafshot of his bais, and his mikneh, and all his behemah, and all his possessions, which he had acquired in Eretz Kena'an; and went into the eretz from the face of Ya'akov achiv.

Hebrews 11:20By Emunah Yitzchak invoked brachot with respect to future events on Ya'akov and Esav.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:31-41

The Blessing Pronounced on Jacob and Esau. ( b. c. 1760.) 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy… Read the whole commentary →

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