Génesis 27:38

38 Pero Esaú insistió:—¿Acaso tienes una sola bendición, padre mío? ¡Bendíceme también a mí!Y se echó a llorar.

Génesis 27:38 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 27:38

And Esau said unto his father, hast thou but one blessing, my
father?
&c.] He seems to speak diminutively of what had been given to Jacob, calling it one blessing: whereas there were many, and of different sorts, both temporal and spiritual; but it may be Esau had not so clear and comprehensive a view of what was contained in Jacob's blessing; or at least was willing to think and hope that there was not so much given, but there might be some behind for him, and that his father had a greater stock than to be drained of all at once: bless me, [even] me also, O my father:
with another blessing, with one equal to what has been given my brother: and Esau lift up his voice, and wept;
in order to move the affections of his father, and to prevail upon him to reverse the blessing he had bestowed on Jacob, and give it to him; but he could not bring his father to repentance, to change his mind, and revoke the blessing, and give it him, with all his crying and tears, as the apostle observes, ( Hebrews 12:17 ) .

Génesis 27:38 In-Context

36 —¡Con toda razón le pusieron Jacob! —replicó Esaú—. Ya van dos veces que me engaña: primero me quita mis derechos de primogénito, y ahora se lleva mi bendición. ¿No te queda ninguna bendición para mí?

37 Isaac le respondió:—Ya lo he puesto por señor tuyo: todos sus hermanos serán siervos suyos; lo he sustentado con trigo y con vino. ¿Qué puedo hacer ahora por ti, hijo mío?

38 Pero Esaú insistió:—¿Acaso tienes una sola bendición, padre mío? ¡Bendíceme también a mí!Y se echó a llorar.

39 Entonces su padre le dijo:«Vivirás lejos de las riquezas de la tierra,lejos del rocío que cae del cielo.

40 Gracias a tu espada,vivirás y servirás a tu hermano.Pero cuando te impacientes,te librarás de su opresión».