New Revised Standard Version
Then his father Isaac answered him: “See, away from the fatness of the earth shall your home be, and away from the dew of heaven on high.

Contemporary English Version
So his father said: "Your home will be far from that fertile land, where dew comes down from the heavens.

New American Bible
His father Isaac said in response: “See, far from the fertile earth will be your dwelling; far from the dew of the heavens above!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Isaac being moved, said to him: In the fat of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from above,

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

Behold.

Genesis 36:6-8 And Esau took his wives, and his sons and daughters, and every soul of his house, and his substance, and cattle, and all that he was able to acquire in the land of Chanaan: and went into another country, and departed from his brother Jacob. . . .

Joshua 24:4 And gave him Isaac: and to him again I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau mount Seir for his possession: but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Hebrews 11:20 By faith also of things to come Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.

the fatness.

Genesis 27:28 God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine.

It is here foretold, says Bp. Newton, that as to temporal advantages, the two brothers should be much alike. (See ver.

Genesis 27:28 God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine.

.) Esau had cattle, beasts, and substance in abundance, and he went to dwell in Mount Seir of his own accord. When the Israelites desired leave to pass through the territories of Edom, the country abounded with fruitful fields and vineyards. (Nu.

Genesis 20:17 And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:

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