He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.” His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.” As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!” But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” 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.
Comment: Probably Isaac knew nothing of Esau swopping his birthright for a meal of venison stew. This is supported by his father telling him to prepare to receive the blessing. Esau had either forgotten the trade or had never meant to go through with the swap – he thought that it was just a word or two. The story above is clear enough. Realising that he has lost the right, he is heartbroken and pleads for some blessing at least. Sometimes we forget that once spoken a word or a thought is difficult to take back into non-existence. The Psalm 141 talks about keeping a watch on your lips.
Prayer: Help me to speak the truth in love.
As I read it! 