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I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats, so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father, such as he loves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, so that I may prepare them <i>as</i> a delicious meal for your father, such as he loves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, that I may prepare them as a savory dish for your father, such as he loves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Go now to the flock and bring me two choice kids from there, that I may prepare them <i>as</i> a savory dish for your father, such as he loves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Go now to the flock and get for me two choice young goats from there, that I may prepare them <i>as</i> a savory dish for your father, such as he loves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Go now to the flock and bring me two good <i>and</i> suitable young goats, and I will make them into a savory dish [of meat] for your father, the kind he loves [to eat].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father—the kind he loves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father—the kind he loves. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Go and kill two of your best young goats and bring them to me. I'll cook the tasty food that your father loves so much. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Go to the flock, and get me two good young goats. I'll prepare them as a good-tasting meal for your father, just the way he likes it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Go to the flock and pick out two fat young goats, so that I can cook them and make some of that food your father likes so much. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Go to the flock and bring me two healthy young goats. I'll prepare some delicious food for your father, just the way he loves it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I'll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Go now to the flock, and get me from there two choice young goats. I will prepare them in a tasty way for your father, the way he likes it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Now go to the flock, and take for me two good kids of the goats from there, and I make them tasteful things for your father, [such] as he has loved;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Go now to the flocks, and take to me from thence two kids of the she-goats good, and I will make them dainties for thy father, as that he loved.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And go thy way to the flock, bring me two kids of the best, that I may make of them meat for thy father, such as he gladly eateth: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and go straight to the flock, and bring me two of the best young goats, so that from them I may make meat for your father, such as he willingly eats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Go to the flock and get me two choice young goats so that with these I might prepare a dish for your father in the way he likes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Go to the flock, and get me two choice kids, so that I may prepare from them savory food for your father, such as he likes;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Go now to the flock, and bring me from there two kids of the goats; and I will make from them stew for your father, such as he likes;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Go to the flock and take for me from there two goats of the better goats, and I shall make them stew for your father as he loves:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury food for thy father, such as he loveth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for thy father, as he likes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/27-9.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=6375" 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">8</span>Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: leḵ- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">Go out</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: haṣ·ṣōn (Art:: N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">the flock</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wə·qaḥ- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">and bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">me</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">two</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: ṭō·ḇîm (Adj-mp) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">choice</a> <a href="/hebrew/1423.htm" title="1423: gə·ḏā·yê (N-mpc) -- A kid (a young goat). From the same as gadah; a young goat.">young goats,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5795.htm" title="5795: ‘iz·zîm (N-fp) -- Female goat. From azaz; a she-goat, but masculine in plural."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.h-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">so that I can make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</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.">into a tasty dish</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: lə·’ā·ḇî·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">for your father—</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.">the kind</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ā·hêḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">he loves.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”…<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/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/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34-35</a></span><br />When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. / And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-1.htm">Genesis 28:1-5</a></span><br />So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. / “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. / May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-29.htm">Genesis 25:29-34</a></span><br />One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished. / He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.) / “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/27-41.htm">Genesis 27:41-45</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.” / When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you. / So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/29-1.htm">Genesis 29:1-14</a></span><br />Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. / He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well. / When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/30-25.htm">Genesis 30:25-43</a></span><br />Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland. / Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.” / But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/33-1.htm">Genesis 33:1-4</a></span><br />Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. / He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. / But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-1.htm">Genesis 49:1-28</a></span><br />Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come: / Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel. / Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power. ...<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="/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/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/9-6.htm">Romans 9:6-8</a></span><br />It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. / Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.<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.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Go now to the flock, and fetch me from there two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for your father, such as he loves:</p><p class="hdg">two.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/13-15.htm">Judges 13:15</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/16-20.htm">1 Samuel 16:20</a></b></br> And Jesse took an ass <i>laden</i> with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent <i>them</i> by David his son unto Saul.</p><p class="hdg">savoury.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/24-10.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Dish</a> <a href="/genesis/18-7.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/genesis/26-15.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/18-5.htm">Fetch</a> <a href="/genesis/26-14.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Food</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Good</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-17.htm">Kids</a> <a href="/revelation/22-15.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Meat</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/27-4.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Tasty</a> <a href="/genesis/26-23.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/genesis/26-31.htm">Way</a> <a href="/genesis/24-61.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/43-11.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Dish</a> <a href="/genesis/27-28.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/27-13.htm">Fetch</a> <a href="/genesis/29-2.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Food</a> <a href="/genesis/27-16.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/27-10.htm">Good</a> <a href="/genesis/27-16.htm">Kids</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-8.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/genesis/27-10.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/genesis/43-16.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Savory</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Savoury</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Tasty</a> <a href="/genesis/27-45.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Way</a> <a href="/genesis/27-16.htm">Young</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 flock represents wealth and sustenance in ancient Near Eastern culture. The act of going to the flock suggests familiarity and responsibility in managing livestock, a common occupation for the patriarchs.<p><b>and bring me two choice young goats</b><br>The selection of "choice young goats" implies a focus on quality and tenderness, suitable for a special meal. Goats were common livestock in the region, and their meat was a staple. The number two may symbolize completeness or sufficiency for the task at hand. This act of selecting and preparing animals for a meal is reminiscent of sacrificial practices, though in this context, it is for deception rather than worship.<p><b>so that I can make them into a tasty dish</b><br>The preparation of a "tasty dish" highlights the culinary skills and domestic roles within the family. It reflects the importance of food in familial and covenantal relationships. The Hebrew term for "tasty" can also mean savory or delightful, indicating a meal prepared with care and intention to please.<p><b>for your father</b><br>This phrase underscores the familial relationship and the respect and duty owed to the patriarch, Isaac. It also sets the stage for the deception that Rebekah and Jacob are planning against Esau, Isaac's favored son. The father-son relationship is central to the narrative, reflecting themes of inheritance and blessing.<p><b>the kind he loves</b><br>Isaac's preference for this particular dish suggests a personal and intimate knowledge of his tastes, which Rebekah uses to her advantage. This phrase also highlights the theme of favoritism within the family, as Isaac's love for Esau is partly based on Esau's ability to provide such meals. This favoritism sets the stage for the conflict and deception that follows, echoing the broader biblical theme of God's sovereignty in choosing the younger over the elder, as seen in the stories of Cain and Abel, and later, Joseph and his brothers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/rebekah.htm">Rebekah</a></b><br>The wife of Isaac and mother of Esau and Jacob. In <a href="/genesis/27-9.htm">Genesis 27:9</a>, she is orchestrating a plan to deceive her husband Isaac to secure the blessing for her favored son, Jacob.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The younger son of Isaac and Rebekah. He is instructed by his mother to deceive his father by pretending to be his brother Esau to receive the blessing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a></b><br>The aging and blind patriarch who intends to bless his elder son Esau. He is unaware of Rebekah and Jacob's plan.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/esau.htm">Esau</a></b><br>The elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, who is the rightful recipient of the blessing according to tradition. He is out hunting to prepare a meal for his father.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flock.htm">The Flock</a></b><br>The source of the young goats that Rebekah instructs Jacob to fetch. These animals are central to the deception as they are used to prepare a meal for Isaac.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_deception.htm">The Consequences of Deception</a></b><br>Rebekah's plan to deceive Isaac highlights the immediate and long-term consequences of deceit. While it achieved the desired outcome, it led to family strife and separation.<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 manipulation, God's purposes prevail. This account reminds us that God's plans are not thwarted by human actions, but it also calls us to act righteously.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/parental_influence_and_responsibility.htm">Parental Influence and Responsibility</a></b><br>Rebekah's influence on Jacob shows the significant impact parents have on their children's actions and character. It challenges parents to guide their children in truth and integrity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_spiritual_blessings.htm">The Value of Spiritual Blessings</a></b><br>The lengths to which Rebekah and Jacob go to secure Isaac's blessing underscore the importance of spiritual blessings and inheritance, urging believers to prioritize spiritual over material gains.<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_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_genesis_27_6-17_permit_lying.htm">Does this account conflict with other biblical passages that condemn lying yet here seem to permit it (Genesis 27:6–17)? </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_do_psalm_62_9_and_genesis_1_27_align.htm">Psalm 62:9 suggests all people are 'nothing' in comparison to God--how does this align with other passages like Genesis 1:27 that emphasize human value?</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>(9) <span class= "bld">Two good kids.</span>--These would be about equal to one antelope or animal of the larger game. After Isaac had eaten of the flesh, so solemn an occasion would doubtless be marked by a feast for those, at least in the foremost tents, if not for all the household and followers of Isaac.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 9, 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Go now to the flock, and fetch me</span> - literally, <span class="accented">take for me</span>, <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. for my purposes (cf. <a href="/genesis/15-9.htm">Genesis 15:9</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">from thence two good kids of the goats.</span> According to Jarchi kids were selected as being the nearest approach to the flesh of wild animals. Two were specified, it has been thought, either to extract from both the choicest morsels (Menochius), or to have the appearance of animals taken in hunting (Rosenmüller), or to make an ample provision as of venison (Lunge), or to make a second experiment, if the first failed (Willet). <span class="cmt_word">And I will make them</span> - probably concealing any difference in taste by means of condiments, though Isaac s palate would not be sensitive in consequence of age and debility - <span class="cmt_word">savory meat for thy father, such as he loveth</span> (<span class="accented">vide ver</span>. 4): <span class="cmt_word">and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat</span> (literally, <span class="accented">and he shall</span> eat), <span class="cmt_word">and that he may bless thee</span> - <span class="hebrew">בַּעֲבֻר אֲֶשר</span>, in order that, from the idea of passing over to that which one desires to attain; less fully in ver. 4 - <span class="cmt_word">before his death</span>. Clearly Rebekah was anticipating Isaac's early dissolution, else why this indecent haste to forestall Esau? There is no reason to surmise that she believed any connection to subsist between the eating and the benediction, though she probably imagined that the supposed prompt obedience of Isaac's son would stimulate his feeble heart to speak (Rosenmüller). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/27-9.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">Go out</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶךְ־</span> <span class="translit">(leḵ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the flock</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצֹּ֔אן</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bring</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקַֽח־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qaḥ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me two</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנֵ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(šə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - mdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">choice</span><br /><span class="heb">טֹבִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(ṭō·ḇîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasant, agreeable, good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">young goats,</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּדָיֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(gə·ḏā·yê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1423.htm">Strong's 1423: </a> </span><span class="str2">A kid (a young goat)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that I can make</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common 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">them</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָ֧ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into a tasty dish</span><br /><span class="heb">מַטְעַמִּ֛ים</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">for your father—</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאָבִ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ā·ḇî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the kind</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">he loves.</span><br /><span class="heb">אָהֵֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·hêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine 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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/27-9.htm">Genesis 27:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/27-9.htm">Genesis 27:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/27-9.htm">Genesis 27:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/27-9.htm">Genesis 27:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/27-9.htm">Genesis 27:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/27-9.htm">Genesis 27:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/27-9.htm">Genesis 27:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/27-9.htm">Genesis 27:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/27-9.htm">Genesis 27:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/27-9.htm">Genesis 27:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/27-9.htm">OT Law: Genesis 27:9 Go now to the flock and get (Gen. 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