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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/27.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/27.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/27.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt bring <i>it</i> to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then you shall take <i>it</i> to your father, that he may eat <i>it,</i> and that he may bless you before his death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you shall bring <i>it</i> to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Then you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Then you shall bring <i>it</i> to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then you shall bring <i>it</i> to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then take it to your father to eat so that he may bless you before he dies.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then take it to your father to eat so that he may bless you before he dies.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then you can take it to him, so he can eat it and give you his blessing before he dies." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then take it to your father to eat so that he will bless you before he dies."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You can take it to him to eat, and he will give you his blessing before he dies." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then you are to take it to your father so that he can eat and bless you before he dies."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you have taken [them] to your father, and he has eaten, so that his soul blesses you before his death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou shall bring to thy father, and eating, so that he will praise thee before his death.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Which when thou hast brought in, and he hath eaten, he may bless thee before he die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then, when you have brought these in and he has eaten, he may bless you before he dies.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then bring it to your father to eat, that he may bless you before he dies.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and you shall take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you in the presence of the LORD before his death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall bring it to your father and he will eat and he will bless you in the presence of LORD JEHOVAH before his death.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt bring them in to thy father, and he shall eat, that thy father may bless thee before he dies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/27-10.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=6384" 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">9</span>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="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wə·hê·ḇê·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">Then take</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).">it to your father</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ā·ḵāl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to eat,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5668.htm" title="5668: ba·‘ă·ḇur (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/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: yə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">he may bless</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">you before</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mō·w·ṯōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">he dies.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.…<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/25-23.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/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/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/25-28.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/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/27-35.htm">Genesis 27:35-36</a></span><br />But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.” / So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”<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/27-13.htm">Genesis 27:13</a></span><br />His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/27-22.htm">Genesis 27:22-23</a></span><br />So Jacob came close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” / Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.<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/27-42.htm">Genesis 27:42-45</a></span><br />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. / Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6-9</a></span><br />Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,” / and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram. / And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women, ...<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.” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you before his death.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</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="/hebrews/10-28.htm">Dies</a> <a href="/genesis/27-7.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/14-24.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/genesis/27-9.htm">Good</a> <a href="/genesis/27-9.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/genesis/27-4.htm">Order</a> <a href="/genesis/27-4.htm">Soul</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/27-19.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/genesis/27-12.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/genesis/27-41.htm">Death</a> <a href="/exodus/21-12.htm">Dies</a> <a href="/genesis/27-19.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/genesis/27-15.htm">Good</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/genesis/27-19.htm">Order</a> <a href="/genesis/27-19.htm">Soul</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then take it to your father to eat</b><br>This phrase is part of Rebekah's instructions to Jacob as they deceive Isaac into giving Jacob the blessing intended for Esau. The act of taking food to Isaac is significant in the cultural context of the time, as meals often accompanied important family and covenantal events. The preparation and presentation of food were acts of honor and respect, especially towards a patriarch. This moment is a pivotal point in the narrative, highlighting the importance of the blessing and the lengths to which Rebekah and Jacob are willing to go to secure it.<p><b>so that he may bless you</b><br>The blessing in question is not merely a verbal wish for well-being but a prophetic and binding pronouncement that would shape the future of the recipient. In the patriarchal society of ancient Israel, the father's blessing was a powerful declaration that often included elements of inheritance, leadership, and divine favor. This blessing was traditionally given to the firstborn son, which in this case would have been Esau. However, through Rebekah's intervention, Jacob seeks to receive this blessing, which aligns with the earlier prophecy given to Rebekah that "the older will serve the younger" (<a href="/genesis/25-23.htm">Genesis 25:23</a>).<p><b>before he dies.</b><br>Isaac's impending death adds urgency to the situation. Although Isaac lived many years after this event, the perception of his nearing death underscores the importance of the timing of the blessing. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the end of a patriarch's life was a critical moment for the transfer of authority and blessing. This phrase also reflects the human element of uncertainty and the desire to secure one's future before it is too late. The urgency and finality of the blessing before death highlight the irreversible nature of the patriarchal blessing once given.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a></b><br>- The patriarch of the family, Isaac is old and nearly blind. He intends to bless his eldest son, Esau, before he dies.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/r/rebekah.htm">Rebekah</a></b><br>- Isaac's wife, who overhears Isaac's plan to bless Esau and devises a plan for Jacob to receive the blessing instead.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>- The younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, who follows his mother's instructions to deceive his father and receive the blessing meant for Esau.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/esau.htm">Esau</a></b><br>- The elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, who is the intended recipient of Isaac's blessing but is ultimately deceived by his brother Jacob.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_blessing.htm">The Blessing</a></b><br>- A significant event in the patriarchal family, where the father bestows a prophetic and spiritual blessing upon his son, often determining the future leadership and inheritance within the family.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_integrity.htm">The Importance of Integrity</a></b><br>Jacob's deception highlights the consequences of lacking integrity. Believers are called to live truthfully, trusting God to fulfill His promises without resorting to deceit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_human_responsibility.htm">God's Sovereignty and Human Responsibility</a></b><br>While God's sovereign plan unfolds through these events, each character's actions have real consequences. Believers should seek to align their actions with God's will, understanding that He works through human choices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_a_blessing.htm">The Power of a Blessing</a></b><br>The blessing Isaac intended to give Esau was not just a formality but carried significant spiritual and prophetic weight. This underscores the importance of speaking blessings and encouragement into the lives of others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_dynamics_and_favoritism.htm">Family Dynamics and Favoritism</a></b><br>The favoritism shown by Isaac and Rebekah towards their sons leads to division and conflict. Believers are encouraged to love impartially and foster unity within their families.<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/why_choose_a_deceiver_for_god's_lineage.htm">Why would God's chosen lineage pass through someone who blatantly deceived his father (Genesis 27:35-36)?</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/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/noah's_sons__shem,_ham,_japheth.htm">Who are Noah's sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/27-10.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 take</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵבֵאתָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hê·ḇê·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine 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 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">to eat,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָכָ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine 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">בַּעֲבֻ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·ḇur)</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">he may bless</span><br /><span class="heb">יְבָרֶכְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine 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">לִפְנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he dies.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹתֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/27-10.htm">Genesis 27:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/27-10.htm">Genesis 27:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/27-10.htm">Genesis 27:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/27-10.htm">Genesis 27:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/27-10.htm">Genesis 27:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/27-10.htm">Genesis 27:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/27-10.htm">Genesis 27:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/27-10.htm">Genesis 27:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/27-10.htm">Genesis 27:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/27-10.htm">Genesis 27:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/27-10.htm">OT Law: Genesis 27:10 You shall bring it to your father (Gen. 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