39His father Isaac answered him, "Your dwelling will be away from the earth's richness, away from the dew of heaven above.


In Context

36 Esau said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob ? He has deceived me these two times: He took my birthright, and now he's taken my blessing!" Then he asked, "Haven't you reserved any blessing for me?"

37 Isaac answered Esau, "I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?"

38 Esau said to his father, "Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!" Then Esau wept aloud.

39 His father Isaac answered him, "Your dwelling will be away from the earth's richness, away from the dew of heaven above.

40 You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck."

41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob."

Genesis 27:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:39And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:39Isaac being moved, said to him: In the fat of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from above,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:39And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:39And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of the dew of heaven from above;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:39And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:39And Isaac his father answered, and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:39Isaac his father answered him, |Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:39And Isaac his father answereth and saith unto him, 'Lo, of the fatness of the earth is thy dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:39And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;