John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"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." — Genesis 27:34 (ASV)
And when Esau heard the words of his father That another person had been before him, and got the blessing; and especially when he heard this ratified, and confirmed, and made irrevocable: he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry; as loud as he possibly could, and in as doleful and hideous a manner as can be imagined; according to the Vulgate Latin version, he roared like a lion.
and said unto his father, bless me, [even] me also, O my father; you are my father, and I am a child of yours as well as Jacob, show paternal affection to me; give me also a child's blessing, one at least equal to what you have given Jacob, if not a greater, as being the firstborn.