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Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring <i>it</i> to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring <i>it</i> to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and prepare a delicious meal for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and make me a savory <i>and</i> delicious dish [of meat], the kind I love, and bring it to me to eat, so that my soul may bless you [as my firstborn son] before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then make me a delicious meal that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I can bless you before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then make me a delicious meal that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I can bless you before I die.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Cook some of that tasty food that I love so much and bring it to me. I want to eat it once more and give you my blessing before I die." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Prepare a good-tasting meal for me, just the way I like it. Bring it to me to eat so that I will bless you before I die."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Cook me some of that tasty food that I like, and bring it to me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my final blessing before I die." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then prepare some food, just the way I like it, and bring it to me so that I can eat and bless you before I die."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Make me the tasty food that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and make tasteful things for me, [such] as I have loved, and bring [them] to me, and I eat, so that my soul blesses you before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and make for me tasteful things, such as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And make for me dainties as that I loved, and bring it to me, and eating, that my soul shall praise thee before I shall die.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Make me savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it, that I may eat: and my soul may bless thee before I die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />make from it a small meal for me, just as you know I like, and bring it, so that I may eat and my soul may bless you before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then prepare for me a dish in the way I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then prepare for me savory food, such as I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And make me stewed meat, such as I like, and bring it to me, that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And make stew like I love and bring it to me; I shall eat so that my soul may bless you before I die.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and make me meats, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee, before I die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/27-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=6339" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/27.htm">Jacob's Deception</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wa·‘ă·śêh- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">Then prepare</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4303.htm" title="4303: maṭ·‘am·mîm (N-mp) -- Tasty or savory food, dainties. Or matiammah; from ta'am; a delicacy.">a tasty dish</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ā·haḇ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">I love</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wə·hā·ḇî·’āh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">it to me</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ō·ḵê·lāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to eat,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5668.htm" title="5668: ba·‘ă·ḇūr (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Or rabur; passive participle of abar; properly, crossed, i.e. transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that.">so that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: tə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā (V-Piel-Imperf-3fs:: 2ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">may bless</a> <a href="/hebrew/2962.htm" title="2962: bə·ṭe·rem (Prep-b:: Adv) -- From an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before.">you before</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: ’ā·mūṯ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">I die.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-28.htm">Genesis 25:28</a></span><br />Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Genesis 9:3</a></span><br />Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/27-19.htm">Genesis 27:19</a></span><br />Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/27-25.htm">Genesis 27:25</a></span><br />“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/27-31.htm">Genesis 27:31</a></span><br />He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Genesis 27:33</a></span><br />Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/27-41.htm">Genesis 27:41</a></span><br />Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-23.htm">Genesis 25:23</a></span><br />and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/48-9.htm">Genesis 48:9</a></span><br />Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-28.htm">Genesis 49:28</a></span><br />These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-20.htm">Hebrews 11:20</a></span><br />By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-10.htm">Romans 9:10-13</a></span><br />Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac. / Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand, / not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-16.htm">Hebrews 12:16-17</a></span><br />See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. / For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2-3</a></span><br />“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/33-1.htm">Deuteronomy 33:1</a></span><br />This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die.</p><p class="hdg">that I may eat.</p><p class="hdg">that my.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Genesis 27:7,23,25,27</a></b></br> Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/14-19.htm">Genesis 14:19</a></b></br> And he blessed him, and said, Blessed <i>be</i> Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-60.htm">Genesis 24:60</a></b></br> And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou <i>art</i> our sister, be thou <i>the mother</i> of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/26-24.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/genesis/26-29.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/genesis/27-2.htm">Death</a> <a href="/genesis/26-11.htm">Die</a> <a href="/genesis/25-29.htm">Dish</a> <a href="/genesis/26-30.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/26-30.htm">Food</a> <a href="/genesis/26-29.htm">Good</a> <a href="/genesis/9-16.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/genesis/24-27.htm">Love</a> <a href="/genesis/25-30.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/genesis/27-3.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/genesis/25-13.htm">Order</a> <a href="/genesis/6-2.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/genesis/18-7.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Savory</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Savoury</a> <a href="/genesis/19-20.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/genesis/25-28.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/genesis/27-31.htm">Tasteful</a> <a href="/daniel/10-3.htm">Tasty</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Death</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Die</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Dish</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Food</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Good</a> <a href="/genesis/32-10.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/genesis/28-8.htm">Love</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/genesis/27-5.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/genesis/27-10.htm">Order</a> <a href="/genesis/34-18.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Savory</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Savoury</a> <a href="/genesis/27-10.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/genesis/27-9.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Tasteful</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Tasty</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/27-1.htm">Isaac sends Esau for venison.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/27-6.htm">Rebekah instructs Jacob to obtain the blessing.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/27-30.htm">Esau brings venison.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Isaac trembles.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/27-34.htm">Esau complains, and by importunity obtains a blessing.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/27-41.htm">He threatens Jacob's life.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">42. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/27-42.htm">Rebekah disappoints him, by sending Jacob away.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The preparation of a meal is significant in biblical times, often associated with hospitality and covenant-making. Isaac's request for a "tasty dish" reflects the cultural importance of food in familial and covenantal relationships. The Hebrew word for "tasty" can also imply something savory or delightful, indicating Isaac's personal preference and affection for Esau's cooking. This request sets the stage for the subsequent deception by Jacob, highlighting the familial tensions and the importance of the birthright and blessing in the patriarchal narratives.<p><b>and bring it to me to eat</b><br>The act of bringing food to Isaac signifies service and respect, common in ancient Near Eastern cultures. Eating together was a sign of fellowship and trust, and in this context, it is a prelude to the giving of a blessing. The meal is not just for physical nourishment but is a ceremonial act that precedes the blessing. This reflects the broader biblical theme of meals as moments of divine encounter and covenant, as seen in the Passover meal and the Last Supper.<p><b>so that I may bless you</b><br>The blessing Isaac intends to give is not merely a paternal wish but a prophetic and binding pronouncement that carries spiritual and material implications. In the patriarchal context, blessings were believed to convey God's favor and were often seen as irrevocable. This blessing is particularly significant as it pertains to the Abrahamic covenant, which includes promises of land, descendants, and divine favor. The blessing is a transfer of leadership and inheritance, which in this case, is meant for Esau but is ultimately received by Jacob through deception.<p><b>before I die</b><br>Isaac's awareness of his mortality adds urgency to the blessing. In the ancient world, the end of life was a critical time for ensuring the continuation of one's lineage and legacy. The phrase underscores the importance of the blessing as a final act of paternal authority and the passing on of God's covenant promises. This moment foreshadows the eventual fulfillment of God's promises through Jacob's line, culminating in the coming of Jesus Christ, who is seen as the ultimate fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a></b><br>The patriarch of the family, son of Abraham, and father of Esau and Jacob. In this passage, he is preparing to give his blessing to his eldest son, Esau.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/esau.htm">Esau</a></b><br>The elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, known for his skill in hunting. He is the intended recipient of Isaac's blessing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, who ultimately receives the blessing through deception.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/rebekah.htm">Rebekah</a></b><br>Isaac's wife and mother of Esau and Jacob. She plays a crucial role in the events that follow, favoring Jacob and orchestrating the deception.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land where these events take place, significant as the land promised to Abraham and his descendants.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_blessings.htm">The Importance of Blessings</a></b><br>In the biblical context, blessings were not just words but carried significant spiritual and material implications. Understanding the weight of blessings can encourage us to speak life and truth into others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_dynamics_and_favoritism.htm">Family Dynamics and Favoritism</a></b><br>The account highlights the dangers of favoritism within families. Reflect on how favoritism can lead to division and conflict, and strive for fairness and love in family relationships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/deception_and_its_consequences.htm">Deception and Its Consequences</a></b><br>Jacob's deception, though part of God's plan, led to long-term family strife. This teaches us that while God can use our mistakes for His purposes, deceit often brings pain and division.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_human_actions.htm">God's Sovereignty and Human Actions</a></b><br>Despite human schemes, God's purposes prevail. This encourages trust in God's sovereignty, even when circumstances seem contrary to His promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_food_and_fellowship.htm">The Role of Food and Fellowship</a></b><br>The preparation of a meal as a prelude to blessing underscores the importance of hospitality and fellowship in building relationships and community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_leads_your_heart_to_truth.htm">What does the Bible say about aging?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_early_deaths_of_the_faithful.htm">Proverbs 16:31 declares that gray hair, or old age, is a crown of glory for the righteous--how do we reconcile this with the early deaths of many who lead faithful and moral lives?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_was_isaac_deceived_by_jacob.htm">How could Isaac be so easily deceived by Jacob's voice and skin when blessing him (Genesis 27:21-22)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jacob_and_esau_reconcile_quickly.htm">How could Jacob and Esau reconcile so suddenly in Genesis 33:4 after years of hostility, and is there historical evidence for Esau's 400 men?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Savoury meat.</span>--On the rare occasions on which an Arab sheik tastes flesh, it is flavoured with almonds, pistachio nuts, and raisins. It would thus not be easy for Isaac to distinguish the taste of the flesh of a kid from that of an antelope. As the Arabs always spare their own flocks and herds, the capture of a wild animal gives them the greater pleasure, and a feast thus provided seemed to the patriarch a proper occasion for the solemn decision which son should inherit the promises made to Abraham.<p><span class= "bld">That my soul may bless thee.</span>--We gather from the solemn blessing given to his sons by Jacob (Genesis 49) that this was a prophetic act, by which the patriarchs, under the influence of the Spirit, and in expectation of death, decided to which son should belong the birthright. Jacob when dying bestowed it on Judah (<a href="/context/genesis/27-8.htm" title="Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.">Genesis 27:8-12</a>). But here Isaac resisted the Spirit; for the clear warning had been given that "the elder should serve the younger" (<a href="/genesis/25-23.htm" title="And the LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from your bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.">Genesis 25:23</a>). Isaac may have been moved to this act by indignation at the manner in which Esau had been induced to sell the birthright, and in annulling that sale he would have been within his rights; but he was not justified in disregarding the voice of prophecy, nor in his indifference to Esau's violation of the Abrahamic law in marrying heathen women. And thus he becomes the victim of craft and treachery, while Jacob is led on to a deed which was the cause of endless grief to him and Rebekah, and has stained his character for ever. But had Jacob possessed the same high standard of honour as distinguished David afterwards, he would equally have received the blessing, but without the sin of deception practised upon his own father.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And make me savory meat</span>, - "delicious food," from a root whose primary idea is to taste, or try the flavor, of a thing. Schultens observes that the corresponding Arabic term is specially applied to dishes made of flesh taken in hunting, and highly esteemed by nomad tribes (<span class="accented">vide</span> Gesenius, p. 467) - <span class="cmt_word">such as I love</span> (cf. <a href="/genesis/25-28.htm">Genesis 25:28</a>, the ground of his partiality for Esau), <span class="cmt_word">and bring it to me, that I may eat</span>; - "Though Isaac was blind and weak in his eyes, yet it seem-eth his body was of a strong constitution, seeing he was able to eat of wild flesh, which is of harder digestion" (Willet) - <span class="cmt_word">that</span> - the conjunction <span class="hebrew">בַּעֲבוּר</span> followed by a future commonly expresses a purpose (cf. <a href="/exodus/9-14.htm">Exodus 9:14</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">my soul may bless thee</span> - notwithstanding the oracle (<a href="/genesis/25-23.htm">Genesis 25:23</a>) uttered so many (fifty-seven or seventy-seven) years ago, Isaac appears to have clung to the belief that Esau was the destined heir of the covenant blessing; <span class="accented">quoedam fuit coecitatis species</span>, <span class="accented">quae illi magis obstitit quam externa oeulorum caligo</span> (Calvin) - <span class="cmt_word">before I die.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/27-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then prepare</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲשֵׂה־</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·śêh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a tasty dish</span><br /><span class="heb">מַטְעַמִּ֜ים</span> <span class="translit">(maṭ·‘am·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4303.htm">Strong's 4303: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tasty or savory food, dainties</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I love</span><br /><span class="heb">אָהַ֛בְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·haḇ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have affection f</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bring</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָבִ֥יאָה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·ḇî·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it to me</span><br /><span class="heb">לִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">to eat,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֹכֵ֑לָה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ō·ḵê·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲב֛וּר</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·ḇūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5668.htm">Strong's 5668: </a> </span><span class="str2">Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִׁ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">may bless</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּבָרֶכְךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you before</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּטֶ֥רֶם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṭe·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Non-occurrence, not yet, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I die.”</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמֽוּת׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/27-4.htm">Genesis 27:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/27-4.htm">Genesis 27:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/27-4.htm">Genesis 27:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/27-4.htm">Genesis 27:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/27-4.htm">Genesis 27:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/27-4.htm">Genesis 27:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/27-4.htm">Genesis 27:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/27-4.htm">Genesis 27:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/27-4.htm">Genesis 27:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/27-4.htm">Genesis 27:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/27-4.htm">OT Law: Genesis 27:4 Make me savory food such as (Gen. 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