Genesis 27:34
New International Version
When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me—me too, my father!”

New Living Translation
When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged.

English Standard Version
As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”

Berean Standard Bible
When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me—me also, O my father!”

New American Standard Bible
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me as well, my father!”

NASB 1995
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”

NASB 1977
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”

Legacy Standard Bible
As Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, me also, O my father!”

Amplified Bible
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with a great and extremely bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”

Christian Standard Bible
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! ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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!”

American Standard Version
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

Contemporary English Version
Esau cried out in great distress, "Father, give me a blessing too!"

English Revised Version
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Esau heard these words from his father, he shouted out a very loud and bitter cry and said to his father, "Bless me too, Father!"

Good News Translation
When Esau heard this, he cried out loudly and bitterly and said, "Give me your blessing also, father!"

International Standard Version
When Esau realized what his father Isaac was saying, he began to wail out loud bitterly. "Bless me," he cried, "even me, too, my father!"

Majority Standard Bible
When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”

NET Bible
When Esau heard his father's words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. He said to his father, "Bless me too, my father!"

New Heart English Bible
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out loudly and bitterly, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father."

Webster's Bible Translation
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

World English Bible
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
When Esau hears the words of his father, then he cries a very great and bitter cry, and says to his father, “Bless me, me also, O my father”;

Young's Literal Translation
When Esau heareth the words of his father, then he crieth a very great and bitter cry, and saith to his father, 'Bless me, me also, O my father;'

Smith's Literal Translation
When Esau heard the words of his father, and he will cry out with a great cry, even bitter exceedingly, and he will say to his father, praise me, me also, my father!
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Esau having heard his father's words, roared out with a great cry: and being in a great consternation, said: Bless me also, my father.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Esau, having heard his father’s words, roared out with a great outcry. And, being confounded, he said, “But bless me also, my father.”

New American Bible
As he heard his father’s words, Esau burst into loud, bitter sobbing and said, “Father, bless me too!”

New Revised Standard Version
When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me also, father!”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out bitterly, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he wailed a great and very bitter wail and he said to his father, “Bless me also, even me, oh my father!”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father: 'Bless me, even me also, O my father.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said, Bless, I pray thee, me also, father.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Stolen Blessing
33Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!” 34When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!” 35But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”…

Cross References
Hebrews 12:17
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

Romans 9:13
So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

Malachi 1:2-3
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

Genesis 25:29-34
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished. / He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.) / “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied. ...

Genesis 28:6-9
Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,” / and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram. / And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women, ...

Genesis 25:23
and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Genesis 27:41
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 27:36
So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

Genesis 32:6-7
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.” / In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

Genesis 33:1-4
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. / He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. / But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. ...

Obadiah 1:10-14
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. / On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. / But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress. ...

Hosea 12:3-4
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God. / Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—

1 Samuel 1:10
In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

2 Samuel 13:19
And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.

Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”


Treasury of Scripture

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

he cried.

1 Samuel 30:4
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Proverbs 1:24-28,31
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; …

Proverbs 19:3
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

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Genesis 27
1. Isaac sends Esau for venison.
6. Rebekah instructs Jacob to obtain the blessing.
14. Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it.
30. Esau brings venison.
33. Isaac trembles.
34. Esau complains, and by importunity obtains a blessing.
41. He threatens Jacob's life.
42. Rebekah disappoints him, by sending Jacob away.














When Esau heard his father’s words
The phrase highlights the moment of realization for Esau. The Hebrew root for "heard" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which implies not just hearing but understanding and internalizing. This moment is pivotal as Esau comprehends the full weight of his loss. Historically, the spoken word carried immense power and authority in patriarchal blessings, and Esau's hearing signifies the irreversible nature of Isaac's blessing to Jacob.

he burst into loud and bitter weeping
The Hebrew word for "weeping" is "בָּכָה" (bakah), which conveys a deep, visceral expression of grief. This is not a silent or restrained sorrow but an outpouring of intense emotion. The "loud and bitter" nature of Esau's weeping underscores the depth of his anguish and the cultural importance of the blessing he has lost. In the ancient Near Eastern context, blessings were seen as binding and determinative of one's future, making Esau's loss profoundly significant.

and said to his father
This phrase indicates Esau's direct appeal to Isaac, highlighting the personal and familial nature of the conflict. The father-son relationship is central in the narrative, and Esau's plea is both a cry for justice and a request for paternal love. The patriarchal structure of the family meant that the father's words and actions were final, adding to the gravity of Esau's appeal.

Bless me too, O my father!
The plea "Bless me too" reveals Esau's desperation and hope for a reversal or mitigation of his loss. The Hebrew word for "bless" is "בָּרַךְ" (barak), which means to endow with power for success, prosperity, and longevity. Esau's cry is not just for material gain but for the spiritual and social standing that comes with the blessing. The repetition of "O my father" emphasizes the personal nature of his request and the deep-seated desire for his father's favor and recognition.

Verse 34. - And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry - literally, he cried a cry, great and bitter exceedingly; expressive of the poignant anguish of his soul (Kalisch, Bush), if not also of his rage against his brother (Philo, Eusebius), of his envy of the blessing (Menochius, Lapide), and of the desperation of his spirit (Calvin). Cf. Hebrews 12:17 - and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. A proof of Esau's blind incredulity in imagining it to be within his father's power to impart benedictions promiscuously without and beyond the Divine sanction (Calvin); a sign that he supposed the theocratic blessing capable of division, and as dependent upon his lamentations and prayers as upon the caprice of his father (Lange); an evidence that "now at last he had learned in some measure adequately to value" the birthing? (Candlish); but if so it was post horam.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When Esau
עֵשָׂו֙ (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

heard
כִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ (kiš·mō·a‘)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

his father’s
אָבִ֔יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

words,
דִּבְרֵ֣י (diḇ·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

he let out
וַיִּצְעַ֣ק (way·yiṣ·‘aq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

a loud
גְּדֹלָ֥ה (gə·ḏō·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

and bitter
וּמָרָ֖ה (ū·mā·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly

cry
צְעָקָ֔ה (ṣə·‘ā·qāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6818: A cry, outcry

and said
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to his father,
לְאָבִ֔יו (lə·’ā·ḇîw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

“Bless
בָּרֲכֵ֥נִי (bā·ră·ḵê·nî)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

me too,
גַם־ (ḡam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

O my father!”
אָבִֽי׃ (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father


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