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27:32-28:3

[27:32] And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau. [27:33] And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. [27:34] 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. [27:35] And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing. [27:36] And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? [27:37] And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with grain and new wine have I sustained him: and what then shall I do for thee, my son? [27:38] 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. [27:39] And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above; [27:40] And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck. [27:41] And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. [27:42] And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. [27:43] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; [27:44] and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away; [27:45] until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be bereaved of you both in one day? [27:46] And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? [28:1] And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. [28:2] Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother. [28:3] And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples;
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Covenanttheology

A binding agreement or relationship between the divine and a people or individual, establishing mutual obligations.

The passage contains the transmission of a patriarchal blessing from Isaac to Jacob that carries Abrahamic covenantal language ('make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples'), establishing a binding divine-human relationship with mutual obligations.

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Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The narrative implies divine ordering behind the deceptively acquired blessing — Isaac's 'yea, and he shall be blessed' and the subsequent sending of Jacob to Paddan-aram suggest an intelligible divine plan operating through human error.

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