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 27:9 in other translations
| BSB | Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves. |
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| WEB | Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves. |
| ASV | Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth: |
| YLT | Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things for thy father, such as he hath loved; |
| DARBY | Go, I pray thee, to the flock, and fetch me thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make of them a savoury dish for thy father, such as he loves. |
| BBE | Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste: |
| Webster | Go now to the flock, and bring me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as he loveth: |
What does Genesis 27:9 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 27:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 27:9
- Judges 13:15
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
- 1 Samuel 16:20
And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
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Context
- Genesis 27:8
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
- 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 27:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ve ahora al ganado, y tráeme de allí dos buenos cabritos de las cabras, y haré de ellos viandas para tu padre, como él gusta; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Va, je te prie, au troupeau, et prends-moi là deux bons chevreaux; et j’en apprêterai un mets savoureux pour ton père, comme il aime; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gehe doch zur Herde und hole mir von dannen zwei gute Ziegenböcklein, und ich will sie zu einem schmackhaften Gericht bereiten für deinen Vater, wie er es gern hat; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et pergens ad gregem, affer mihi duos hædos optimos, ut faciam ex eis escas patri tuo, quibus libenter vescitur: |