Genesis 27:7
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.
Genesis 27:7 in other translations
| BSB | ‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’ |
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| WEB | ‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before the LORD before my death.’ |
| ASV | Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death. |
| YLT | Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death. |
| DARBY | Bring me venison, and prepare me a savoury dish, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah, before my death. |
| BBE | Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death. |
| Webster | Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD, before my death. |
What does Genesis 27:7 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 27:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 27:7
- Joshua 6:26
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
- Deuteronomy 33:1
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
- 1 Samuel 24:19
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
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Context
- Genesis 27:6
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
- Genesis 27:7
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.
- Genesis 27:8
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Genesis 27:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tráeme caza, y hazme un guisado, para que coma, y te bendiga delante de Jehová antes que yo muera. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Apporte-moi du gibier, et apprête-moi un mets savoureux, afin que j’en mange, et que je te bénisse devant l’ Éternel avant ma mort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Bringe mir ein Wildbret und bereite mir ein schmackhaftes Gericht, daß ich esse, und daß ich dich vor Jehova segne vor meinem Tode. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Affer mihi de venatione tua, et fac cibos ut comedam, et benedicam tibi coram Domino antequam moriar. |