“And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?”
Esau said: isn't he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: he took my birthright, and now he's taken my blessing! The connection Esau makes between the birthright episode and the blessing episode is the accurate theological summary of Jacob's character to this point: the heel-grasper has been supplanting from birth. Then he asked: haven't you reserved any blessing for me? The question is the request of someone who has despised the inheritance but now wants whatever remains. The application: having despised the birthright, Esau now discovers there is almost nothing left to receive.
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