Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Esau said to his father, “Do you only have one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” And Esau wept loudly.
New American Standard Bible
Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
Then Esau implored his father, "Don't you have even one blessing for me, my father? Bless me, even me too, my father!" Then Esau lifted his voice and wept bitterly.
A Conservative Version
And Esau said to his father, Have thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” Then Esau [no longer able to restrain himself] raised his voice and wept [loudly].
Bible in Basic English
And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.
Darby Translation
And Esau said to his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me me also, my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
Julia Smith Translation
And Esau will say to his father, Is but this one blessing to thee my father? bless me, also me, my father! and Esau will lift up the voice and weep.
King James 2000
And Esau said unto his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Esau said to his father, "Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me also, my father!" And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
Modern King James verseion
And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, me also, my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Esau said unto his father, "Hast thou but that one blessing my father? Bless me also, my father!" So lifted up Esau his voice and wept.
NET Bible
Esau said to his father, "Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!" Then Esau wept loudly.
New Heart English Bible
Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
The Emphasized Bible
And Esau said unto his father, But one blessing, hast thou, O my father? Bless, me also, O my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
Webster
And Esau said to 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.
World English Bible
Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Esau saith unto his father, 'One blessing hast thou my father? bless me, me also, O my father;' and Esau lifteth up his voice, and weepeth.
Themes
death » Scenes of » Death of isaac
Esau » The man who lost his inheritance, facts concerning » Lost his blessing
isaac » The miraculous son of abraham » Was a prophet
isaac » The miraculous son of abraham » His old age, last blessing upon his sons
Interlinear
'ab
'echad
Barak
'ab
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 27:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
Esau Begs For Isaac's Blessing
37
But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him a master over you, have given him all of his relatives as his servants, and have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son?”
38 Esau said to his father, “Do you only have one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” And Esau wept loudly.
away from the richness of the land,
away from the dew of the sky above.
Cross References
Hebrews 12:17
For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance, though he sought it with tears.
Genesis 27:34
When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, my father!”
Genesis 27:36
So he said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob?
Genesis 49:28
These are the tribes of Israel, 12 in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
Proverbs 1:24-26
extended my hand and no one paid attention,
Isaiah 32:10-12
you overconfident ones will shudder,
for the vintage will fail
and the harvest will not come.
Isaiah 65:14
but you will cry out from an anguished heart,
and you will lament out of a broken spirit.