Kejadian 27:30-34

27:30 Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left ¹  his father’s ²  presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt. ³  27:31 He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau ⁴  said to him, “My father, get up ⁵  and eat some of your son’s wild game. Then you can bless me.” ⁶  27:32 His father Isaac asked, ⁷  “Who are you?” “I am your firstborn son,” ⁸  he replied, “Esau!” 27:33 Isaac began to shake violently ⁹  and asked, “Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived, and I blessed him. ¹⁰  He will indeed be blessed!”

27:34 When Esau heard ¹¹  his father’s words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. ¹²  He said to his father, “Bless me too, my father!”

[27:30]  ¹ tn The use of the infinitive absolute before the finite form of the verb makes the construction emphatic.

[27:30]  ² tn Heb “the presence of Isaac his father.” The repetition of the proper name (“Isaac”) was

[27:30]  ³ tn Heb “and Esau his brother came from his hunt.”

[27:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he said to his father”; the referent of “he” (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity, while the words “his father” have been replaced by the pronoun “him” for stylistic reasons.

[27:31]  ⁵ tn Or “arise” (i.e., sit up).

[27:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “so that your soul may bless me.”

[27:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “said.”

[27:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he said, ‘I [am] your son, your firstborn.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged for stylistic reasons.

[27:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Isaac trembled with a great trembling to excess.” The verb “trembled” is joined with a cognate accusative, which is modified by an adjective “great,” and a prepositional phrase “to excess.” All of this is emphatic, showing the violence of Isaac’s reaction to the news.

[27:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Who then is he who hunted game and brought [it] to me so that I ate from all before you arrived and blessed him?”

[27:34]  ¹¹ tn The temporal clause is introduced with the temporal indicator and has the infinitive as its verb.

[27:34]  ¹² tn Heb “and he yelled [with] a great and bitter yell to excess.”