Goodly raiment] RV 'the goodly raiment,' his better clothes which were at home in his tent.

28, 29. The blessing as here recorded refers first to the fruitful land the supposed Esau would inherit, and then to his lordship over his brethren and other tribes. In Genesis 28:3, which belongs to the Priestly source, the 'blessing of Abraham' is expressed in another form characteristic of that source.

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