Genesis 27:39

the fatness of the earth, and of. Hebrew of the fatness, &c. The "of", which is omitted in the first clause, is the preposition, which means "from". Revised Version margin away from. Compare Isaiah 22:3 .Jeremiah 48:33 .Lamentations 4:9 . Should be "Far from the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and far from the dew of the heavens, "&c. Jacob had already received the blessing "of" the fatness of the earth or the land (Genesis 27:28 ). Esau's was to be far from it, in the desert; and so it was.