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And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me twice: he took away my birth-right; and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
3591. 'So that your soul may bless me' means so that it might join itself to this. This is clear from the meaning of 'being blessed' as a joining together, also dealt with above, in 3504, 3514, 3530, 3565, 3584.
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