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30 Right after Isaac had given Jacob his blessing and Jacob had gone, Esau came back from hunting.
31 He cooked the tasty food, brought it to his father, and said, “Father, please sit up and eat the meat I have brought you, so you can give me your blessing.”
32 “Who are you?” Isaac asked.
“I am Esau, your first-born son.”
33 Isaac started trembling and said, “Then who brought me some wild meat right before you came in? I ate it and gave him a blessing that cannot be taken back.”
34 Esau cried loudly and begged, “Father, give me a blessing too!”
35 Isaac answered, “Your brother tricked me and stole your blessing.”
 Esau replied, “My brother deserves the name Jacob,  x 27.36 Jacob: In Hebrew “Jacob” sounds like “cheat.” because he has already cheated me twice. The first time he cheated me out of my rights as the first-born son, and now he has cheated me out of my blessing.” Then Esau asked his father, “Don't you still have any blessing left for me?”
37 “My son,” Isaac answered, “I have made Jacob the ruler over you and your brothers, and all of you will be his servants. I have also promised him all the grain and grapes that he needs. There's nothing left that I can do for you.”
“Father,” Esau asked, “don't you have more than one blessing? You can surely give me a blessing too!” Then Esau started crying again.
So his father said:
“Your home will be far
from that fertile land,
where dew comes down
from the heavens.
You will live by the power
of your sword
and be your brother's slave.
But when you decide to be free,
you will break loose.”
41 Esau hated his brother Jacob because he had stolen the blessing that was supposed to be his. So he said to himself, “Just as soon as my father dies, I'll kill Jacob.”
When Rebekah found out what Esau planned to do, she sent for Jacob and told him, “Son, your brother Esau is just waiting for the time when he can kill you.
43 Now listen carefully and do what I say. Go to the home of my brother Laban in Haran
44 and stay with him for a while. When Esau stops being angry
45 and forgets what you have done to him, I'll send for you to come home. Why should I lose both of my sons on the same day?” y 27.45 lose ... day: Esau would be hunted down as a murderer if he killed Jacob, and so Rebekah would lose both of her sons.
46 Rebekah later told Isaac, “Those Hittite wives of Esau are making my life miserable! If Jacob marries a Hittite woman, I'd be better off dead.”
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