Genesis 27:10
And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
Genesis 27:10 in other translations
| BSB | Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.” |
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| WEB | You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.” |
| ASV | and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death. |
| YLT | and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death. |
| DARBY | And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, in order that he may bless thee before his death. |
| BBE | And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death. |
| Webster | And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. |
What does Genesis 27:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 27:6-10
6-10. Rebekah spake unto Jacob--She prized the blessing as invaluable; she knew that God intended it for the younger son [Ge 25:23]; and in her anxiety to secure its being conferred on the right object--on one who cared for religion--she acted in the sincerity of faith; but in crooked policy--with unenlightened zeal; on the false principle that the end would sanctify the means.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 27:6-17
Rebekah knew that the blessing was intended for Jacob, and expected he would have it. But she wronged Isaac by putting a cheat on him; she wronged Jacob by tempting him to wickedness. She put a stumbling-block in Esau's way, and gave him a pretext for hatred to Jacob and to religion. All were to be blamed. It was one of those crooked measures often adopted to further the Divine promises; as if the end would justify…
Genesis 27:10 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 27:9
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
- Genesis 27:10
And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
- Genesis 27:11
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
Genesis 27:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tú las llevarás á tu padre, y comerá, para que te bendiga antes de su muerte. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et tu le porteras à ton père, et il mangera, afin qu’il te bénisse avant sa mort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und du sollst es deinem Vater bringen, daß er esse, damit er dich segne vor seinem Tode. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quas cum intuleris, et comederit, benedicat tibi priusquam moriatur. |