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Genesis 27:38

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

KJV

Cui Esau : Num unam, inquit, tantum benedictionem habes, pater ? mihi quoque obsecro ut benedicas. Cumque ejulatu magno fleret,

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ Ἠσαὺ πρὸς Ἰσαὰκ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ Μὴ εὐλογία μία σοί ἐστιν, πάτερ; εὐλόγησον δὴ κἀμέ, πάτερ.

LXX

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר עֵשָׂ֜ו אֶל אָבִ֗י/ו הַֽ/בְרָכָ֨ה אַחַ֤ת הִֽוא לְ/ךָ֙ אָבִ֔/י בָּרֲכֵ֥/נִי גַם אָ֖נִי אָבִ֑/י וַ/יִּשָּׂ֥א עֵשָׂ֛ו קֹל֖/וֹ וַ/יֵּֽבְךְּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בְּרָכָ֖ה
brkh
noun · 68×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֵּ֥בְךְּ
ybk
verb · 115×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
עֵשָׂ֔ו
'shv
proper_noun · 97×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 27:34 — And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
  • Heb 12:17 — For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.