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Ramban on Genesis 27:7/רמב"ן על בראשית כ״ז:ז׳

אוַאֲבָרֶכְכָה לִפְנֵי ה' לִפְנֵי מוֹתִי לֹא נִזְכַּר בְּכָל הַפָּרָשָׁה לִפְנֵי ה' רַק בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה, כִּי אָמְרָה לוֹ אִמּוֹ הַבְּרָכָה לִפְנֵי ה' תִּהְיֶה בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ, וְאִם יִתְבָּרֵךְ בָּהּ עֵשָׂו אָחִיךָ תִּתְקַיֵּם בּוֹ בְּזַרְעוֹ לְעוֹלָם וְאֵין לְךָ עֲמִידָה לְפָנָיו:

1AND I WILL BLESS THEE BEFORE THE ETERNAL BEFORE MY DEATH. In this entire section, the expression, before the Eternal, is not mentioned except in this place. This is because his mother said to Jacob, “The blessing will be before the Eternal with the Ruach Hakodesh,²⁰⁵ and if Esau your brother be blessed with it, it will remain with his children forever, and you will have no standing before him.”