3597. Verses 34-40. When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, me also, O my father. And he said, Thy brother came with fraud, and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is it not that his name is called Jacob? And he hath supplanted me these two times; he hath taken away my birthright, and behold now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold I have made him thy master, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and new wine have I sustained him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son? And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but this one blessing, my father? Bless me, me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold of the fat things of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above. And upon thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion that thou shalt break his yoke from upon thy neck.
[2] “When Esau heard the words of his father” signifies the observation of natural good from Divine good; “he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry” signifies its great alteration in respect to the inversion of the state; “and said unto his father, Bless me, me also, O my father” signifies that it longed for conjunction, even although by what had gone before truth had been conjoined; “and he said, Thy brother came with fraud” signifies what is inverted of order; “and hath taken away thy blessing” signifies conjunction in that manner.
[3] “And he said, Is it not that his name is called Jacob” signifies its quality; “and he hath supplanted me these two times” signifies that it had inverted order; “he hath taken away my birthright” signifies the loss of the priority; “and behold now he hath taken away my blessing” signifies the loss of the conjunction; “and he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me” signifies whether there was for it anything in respect to conjunction in that former state.
[4] “And Isaac answered and said unto Esau” signifies instruction; “behold I have made him thy master” signifies that in that state it should have the dominion; “and all his brethren have I given to him for servants” signifies that to the affection of truth at that time there had apparently been subordinated the affections of good; “and with corn and new wine have I sustained him” signifies, as before, its good and truth; and “what then shall I do for thee, my son” signifies that in that state there is nothing else for good.
[5] “And Esau said unto his father” signifies the observation of natural good; “hast thou but this one blessing, my father” signifies whether in that case anything else could be adjoined from natural good; “bless me, me also, O my father” signifies that it longed for conjunction even although thereby truth had been conjoined; and “Esau lifted up his voice and wept” signifies a further state of alteration.
[6] “And Isaac his father answered and said unto him” signifies perception concerning natural good, that it would be made Divine; “behold, of the fat things of the earth shall be thy dwelling” signifies that life is from the Divine good; “and of the dew of heaven from above” signifies that it is from the Divine truth.
[7] “And upon thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother” signifies that so long as truth is being conjoined with good, good will in appearance be in a lower place; “and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion” signifies that it shall be in the prior place; “that thou shalt break his yoke from upon thy neck” signifies that the conjunction would then be through good, and that truth would be of good.
