Holman Christian Standard Bible

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only done what was good to you, sending you away in peace. You are now blessed by the Lord .” 
    30  So he prepared a banquet for them, and they ate and drank. 31  They got up early in the morning and swore an oath to each other; Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace. 32  On that same day Isaac's slaves came to tell him about the well they had dug, saying to him, “We have found water! ”  33  He called it Sheba. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
    Esau's Wives
    34  When Esau was 40 years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.  35  They made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah. 

Genesis
    The Stolen Blessing
    27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.”
    And he answered, “Here I am.”
    2  He said, “Look, I am old and do not know the day of my death. 3  Take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.  4  Then make me a delicious meal that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I can bless you before I die.” 
    5  Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac said to his son Esau. So while Esau went to the field to hunt some game to bring in, 6  Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Listen! I heard your father talking with your brother Esau. He said, 7  ‘Bring me the game and make a delicious meal for me to eat so that I can bless you in the Lord 's presence before I die.' 8  Now obey every order I give you, my son. 9  Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father — the kind he loves. 10  Then take it to your father to eat so that he may bless you before he dies.”
    11  Jacob answered Rebekah his mother, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am a man with smooth skin.  12  Suppose my father touches me. Then I will be revealed to him as a deceiver and bring a curse rather than a blessing on myself.”
    13  His mother said to him, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey me and go get them for me.”
    14  So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother, and his mother made the delicious food his father loved. 15  Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were in the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them. 16  She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck. 17  Then she handed the delicious food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.
    18  When he came to his father, he said, “My father.”
    And he answered, “Here I am. Who are you, my son? ”
    19  Jacob replied to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may bless me.”
    20  But Isaac said to his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son? ”
    He replied, “Because the Lord your God worked it out for me.”
    21  Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau or not? ”
    22  So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23  He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him. 24  Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau? ”
    And he replied, “I am.”
    25  Then he said, “Serve me, and let me eat some of my son's game so that I can bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; he brought him wine, and he drank.
    26  Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come closer and kiss me, my son.” 27  So he came closer and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he blessed him and said:
    Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed. 28  May God give to you — from the dew of

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