Pemikiran Yahudi Kejadian 27:38: Derashot HaRan

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר עֵשָׂ֜ו אֶל־אָבִ֗יו הַֽבְרָכָ֨ה אַחַ֤ת הִֽוא־לְךָ֙ אָבִ֔י בָּרֲכֵ֥נִי גַם־אָ֖נִי אָבִ֑י וַיִּשָּׂ֥א עֵשָׂ֛ו קֹל֖וֹ וַיֵּֽבְךְּ׃

Esau berkata kepada ayahnya, “Hanya satu berkat sajakah yang ada padamu, ayahku? Berkatilah aku juga, ayahku!” Lalu Esau mengangkat suaranya dan menangis.

Derashot HaRan

Now if you will ask: Why should the blessing avail for Jacob, and why did Isaac say (Ibid 37): "But I have made him your lord, and I have given him all of his brothers as servants … and what shall I do now for you, my son!" How could he have made Jacob a lord if he had intended to give all to Esau! Did we not learn in respect to vows (Nedarim 11:5): "If his wife made a vow and he thought his daughter made it, or if his daughter made a vow and he thought his wife made it … he must annul it again," for what is said to one person on the assumption that he is a different person does not avail him at all. This being so, why should Isaac have said "and what shall I do now for you my son?" Furthermore, why did Esau not challenge the blessing itself instead of merely protesting (Ibid 38): "Do you have just one blessing, my father?" He should have said: "That blessing was given in error and will not avail him; give it to me!"
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