Isaac Tells Esau That Jacob Has Been Made Lord Over Him

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 115:21

"Your brother came in deceit" (Genesis 27:35) means: with the wisdom of his Torah. "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?" from the leftovers. (Genesis 27:37) "And Isaac answered and said to Esau: Behold, I have made him lord over you." This was the seventh blessing; why does Isaac say it first? He said to him: I have set him as king over you, and his blessings are his own, for a slave and whatever he possesses belong to his master. "And what then shall I do for you, my son? Yet for you there is bread already baked." Rabbi Yochanan said: leave me, for his sustenance is baked for him everywhere. Resh Lakish said: leave me, for anger and wrath are handed over to him. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: is this how you were speaking, "and what then"? He said to Him (Isaiah 26:10), "Let the wicked be shown favor." He answered him: he is wicked. He said, "he has not learned righteousness": he did not honor his parents. He said, "in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly": he is destined to stretch out his hand against the Temple. He said: if so, then lavish good upon him in this world, "and let him not see the majesty of the LORD" in the world to come. (Genesis 27:39) "Behold, of the fat places of the earth shall be your dwelling": this is Italy. "And of the dew of heaven above": this is Beit Guvrin.

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