Genesis 27:38 — Compare Translations

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Esau said to his father, Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father! And Esau lifted up [could not control] his voice and wept aloud.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Esau said to his father, Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father! And Esau lifted up [could not control] his voice and wept aloud.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” And Esau wept loudly.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Esau said to his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me me also, my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

English EASY 2024

Esau said, ‘My father, you surely still have one blessing for me. Please bless me too!’ Then Esau wept loudly.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But Esau continued to beg his father. "Do you have only one blessing, father? Bless me also, father!" Esau began to cry.

Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Esau continued to plead with his father: “Do you have only one blessing, father? Bless me too, father!” He began to cry.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Esau pleaded, "Not one blessing left for me? O my father, bless me, too!" Then Esau broke down and wept.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Esau said to his father, "Do you only have one blessing, my father? Bless me-- me too, my father!" And Esau wept loudly.

English KJV 1611

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

English LSB

And Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and wept.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

And Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father!” Then Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Esau said to his father, "Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father." So Esau lifted his voice and wept.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But Esau urged his father, "Have you only that one blessing, father? Bless me too!" Isaac, however, made no reply; and Esau wept aloud.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” Then Esau wept loudly.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

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

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

English NLT

Esau pleaded, "Not one blessing left for me? O my father, bless me, too!" Then Esau broke down and wept.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Esau said to his father, "Have you only one blessing, father? Bless me, me also, father!" And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Esau pleaded with his father, “Is that the only blessing you have to give? Bless me too, my father!” Esau could not hold back his tears and he wept loudly.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Esau: “Not one blessing left for me? O my father, bless me too.“ (Isaac says nothing as Esau weeps.)

English Tyndale 1537

And Esau said unto his father: hast thou but that one blessing my father? bless me also my father: so lifted up Esau his voice and wept.