Genesis 27:29

Let peoples serve you, 2 and nations bow down to you. 1 Be lord over your brothers. 2 Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. 1 Cursed be everyone who curses you. 2 Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

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In The King James Version

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

In Context

28God give you of the dew of the sky, 2 of the fatness of the earth, 2 and plenty of grain and new wine. 1

30As soon as Isaac [Laughter] had finished blessing Jacob [Supplanter], and Jacob [Supplanter] had just gone out from the presence of Isaac [Laughter] his father, Esau [Hairy] his brother came in from his hunting.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. + 12:3. MP: Descendant of Abraham - “By you all the nations of the earth (the Gentiles, non-Jews) will be blessed.” (Luke 24:47; Gal 3:16) All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” + 12:3. Quoted in Gal 3:8

Genesis 25:22The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is so, why do I live?” She went to inquire of Adonai.

Genesis 25:33Jacob [Supplanter] said, “Swear to me first.” He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob [Supplanter].

Genesis 27:40By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. 1 It will happen, when you will break loose, 1 that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck.”

Genesis 49:8“Judah [Praised], your brothers will yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you. 2 Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. 2 Your father’s sons will bow down before you. 1

Numbers 23:8How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? 2 How shall I defy whom Adonai has not defied? 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:19-30

The Fraud of Jacob. ( b. c. 1760.) 18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may… Read the whole commentary →

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