Genesis 27:7

Verse

‘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.’

American Standard Version (1901)

Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Bring me of thy hunting, and make me meats that I may eat, and bless thee in the sight of the Lord, before I die.

Free Bible Version

‘Get me some wild game and make me some tasty food so I can eat it and then bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.’

Geneva Bible 1599

Bring mee vension, and make mee sauourie meate, that I may eate and blesse thee before the Lord, afore my death.

King James (Authorized) Version

Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.

One Unity Resource Bible

‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Adonai before my death.’

Translation for Translators

‘Go and kill some wild animal and bring it here, and prepare the meat in a tasty way, so that I may eat it, and then before I die I can give you my blessing while Yahweh is listening.’

Unlocked Literal Bible

'Bring me game and make me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of Yahweh before my death.'

Noah Webster Bible

Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD, before my death.

World English Bible

‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’

Young's Literal Translation

Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.

Context

Isaac Blesses Jacob

⁶Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,⁷‘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.’

Sermons

(Through the Bible) Exodus 1-5

Chuck Smith

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Summary

In this verse, Rebekah instructs her son Jacob to bring two choice young goats from the flock so she can prepare a savory dish for Isaac, his father. This deception is part of Rebekah and Jacob's plan to trick Isaac into giving Jacob the blessing intended for his older brother Esau. The verse sets the stage for the unfolding of a complex family drama involving deceit, favoritism, and the consequences of trying to manipulate God's plan through human schemes.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat,.... Fetch him venison out of the field, and dress it in a savoury manner, and bring it to him: that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death; the phrase "before the Lord" is here added, which yet perhaps might be expressed by Isaac, though before omitted by the historian, and has a very considerable emphasis in it; for this solemn blessing was given not only in the presence of the Lord, and before him as a witness, but by calling upon him, and praying for direction in it, and then pronouncing it in his name and by his authority, he approving of it, so that it was ever after irrevocable.