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Then he said to him, &#8220My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/genesis/27.htm">New Living Translation</a> Esau prepared a delicious meal and brought it to his father. Then he said, “Sit up, my father, and eat my wild game so you can give me your blessing.” <a href="/esv/genesis/27.htm">English Standard Version</a> He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.” <a href="/bsb/genesis/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/kjv/genesis/27.htm">King James Bible</a> And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/27.htm">New King James Version</a> He also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.” <a href="/nasb_/genesis/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then he also made a delicious meal, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.” <a href="/nasb/genesis/27.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then he also made savory food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, &#8220Let my father arise and eat of his son&#8217s game, that you may bless me.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/genesis/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then he also made savory food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.” <a href="/lsb/genesis/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then he also made a savory dish and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.” <a href="/amp/genesis/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Esau also made a delicious dish [of meat] and brought it to his father and said to him, “Let my father get up and eat some of his son’s game, so that you may bless me.” <a href="/csb/genesis/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He had also made some delicious food and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father get up and eat some of his son’s game, so that you may bless me.” <a href="/hcsb/genesis/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He had also made some delicious food and brought it to his father. Then he said to his father, &#8220Let my father get up and eat some of his son&#8217s game, so that you may bless me.&#8221 <a href="/asv/genesis/27.htm">American Standard Version</a> And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. <a href="/cev/genesis/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> He cooked the tasty food, brought it to his father, and said, "Father, please sit up and eat the meat I have brought you, so you can give me your blessing." <a href="/erv/genesis/27.htm">English Revised Version</a> And he also made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. <a href="/gwt/genesis/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He, too, prepared a good-tasting meal and brought it to his father. Then he said to his father, "Please, Father, eat some of the meat I've hunted for you so that you will bless me." <a href="/gnt/genesis/27.htm">Good News Translation</a> He also cooked some tasty food and took it to his father. He said, "Please, father, sit up and eat some of the meat that I have brought you, so that you can give me your blessing." <a href="/isv/genesis/27.htm">International Standard Version</a> prepared some delicious food, brought it to his father, and told him, "Can you get up now, father, so you may eat some of your son's game and then bless me?" <a href="/msb/genesis/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/genesis/27.htm">NET Bible</a> He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau said to him, "My father, get up and eat some of your son's wild game. Then you can bless me." <a href="/nheb/genesis/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He also made some tasty food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father get up and eat of what his son caught, so that you may bless me." <a href="/wbt/genesis/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And he also had made savory meat, and brought it to his father; and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. <a href="/web/genesis/27.htm">World English Bible</a> He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and he also makes tasteful things, and brings to his father, and says to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s game, so that your soul blesses me.” <a href="/ylt/genesis/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and he also maketh tasteful things, and bringeth to his father, and saith to his father, 'Let my father arise, and eat of his son's provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.' <a href="/slt/genesis/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he also will make dainties, and will bring to his father; and he will say to his father, Will my father rise and eat from his son's hunting, that thy soul shall bless me?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And brought in to his father meats made of what he had taken in hunting, saying: Arise, my father, and eat of thy son's venison; that thy soul may bless me. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he brought his father foods cooked from his hunting, saying, “Arise, my father, and eat from your son’s hunting, so that your soul may bless me.” <a href="/nabre/genesis/27.htm">New American Bible</a> Then he too prepared a dish, and bringing it to his father, he said, “Let my father sit up and eat some of his son’s game, that you may then give me your blessing.” <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He also prepared savory food, and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father sit up and eat of his son’s game, so that you may bless me.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he also made stew, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's game, that your soul may bless me. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> He also had made stew and brought it to his father and said to his father, “Let my father rise and let him eat of his son’s game, so that your soul may bless me.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And he also made savoury food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father: 'Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.' <a href="/sep/genesis/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he also had made meats and brought them to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. <a href="/parallel/genesis/27-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=6563" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/27.htm">The Stolen Blessing</a> 30As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt. 31<a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">He</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">too</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘aś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">made</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.">some tasty food,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇê (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: lə·’ā·ḇîw (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">it to his father,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and said</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: lə·’ā·ḇîw (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">to him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">“My father,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: yā·qum (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">sit up</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·yō·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">of your son’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/6718.htm" title="6718: miṣ·ṣêḏ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The chase, game, lunch. From a form of tsuwd and meaning the same; the chase; also game; lunch.">game,</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·še·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: tə·ḇā·ră·ḵan·nî (V-Piel-Imperf-3fs:: 1cse) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">may bless me.”</a> 32But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” “I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/25-29.htm">Genesis 25:29-34</a> 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. ... <a href="/genesis/25-23.htm">Genesis 25:23</a> 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.” <a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Genesis 26:34-35</a> 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. <a href="/genesis/28-6.htm">Genesis 28:6-9</a> 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, ... <a href="/genesis/25-28.htm">Genesis 25:28</a> Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob. <a href="/genesis/27-41.htm">Genesis 27:41-45</a> 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. ... <a href="/genesis/32-3.htm">Genesis 32:3-6</a> Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. / He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now. / I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’” ... <a href="/genesis/33-1.htm">Genesis 33:1-4</a> 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. ... <a href="/hebrews/12-16.htm">Hebrews 12:16-17</a> 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. <a href="/romans/9-10.htm">Romans 9:10-13</a> 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.” ... <a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2-3</a> “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.” <a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10-14</a> Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. / On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. / But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress. ... <a href="/hebrews/11-20.htm">Hebrews 11:20</a> By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future. <a href="/romans/9-6.htm">Romans 9:6-8</a> 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. <a href="/1_corinthians/1-27.htm">1 Corinthians 1:27-29</a> But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. / He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, / so that no one may boast in His presence.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me.eat.<a href="/genesis/27-4.htm">Genesis 27:4</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/27-19.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/genesis/27-25.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/genesis/27-17.htm">Dishes</a> <a href="/genesis/27-25.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/27-17.htm">Food</a> <a href="/genesis/27-25.htm">Game</a> <a href="/genesis/27-28.htm">Good</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/genesis/27-25.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/genesis/27-25.htm">Order</a> <a href="/genesis/27-17.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/genesis/27-25.htm">Provision</a> <a href="/genesis/27-17.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/genesis/27-17.htm">Savory</a> <a href="/genesis/27-17.htm">Savoury</a> <a href="/genesis/27-19.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/genesis/27-25.htm">Son's</a> <a href="/genesis/27-25.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/genesis/27-17.htm">Tasteful</a> <a href="/genesis/27-17.htm">Tasty</a> <a href="/genesis/27-25.htm">Venison</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/27-43.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/genesis/27-34.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/exodus/25-29.htm">Dishes</a> <a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Food</a> <a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Game</a> <a href="/genesis/27-46.htm">Good</a> <a href="/genesis/28-18.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/genesis/31-46.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/genesis/28-4.htm">Order</a> <a href="/genesis/43-25.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Provision</a> <a href="/genesis/31-18.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Savory</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Savoury</a> <a href="/genesis/48-2.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/genesis/30-14.htm">Son's</a> <a href="/genesis/34-3.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/genesis/27-4.htm">Tasteful</a> <a href="/daniel/10-3.htm">Tasty</a> <a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Venison</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 27</div>1. <a href="/genesis/27-1.htm">Isaac sends Esau for venison.</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/27-6.htm">Rebekah instructs Jacob to obtain the blessing.</a> 14. <a href="/genesis/27-14.htm">Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it.</a> 30. <a href="/genesis/27-30.htm">Esau brings venison.</a> 33. <a href="/genesis/27-33.htm">Isaac trembles.</a> 34. <a href="/genesis/27-34.htm">Esau complains, and by importunity obtains a blessing.</a> 41. <a href="/genesis/27-41.htm">He threatens Jacob's life.</a> 42. <a href="/genesis/27-42.htm">Rebekah disappoints him, by sending Jacob away.</a> </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 food was a significant cultural practice, often associated with hospitality and blessing. In the context of <a href="/genesis/27.htm">Genesis 27</a>, the preparation of a meal was part of the ritual for receiving a patriarchal blessing, which was a formal and binding act. The emphasis on "tasty food" highlights the importance of pleasing the senses, which was a key aspect of ancient Near Eastern customs.brought it to his father Esau's act of bringing the food to Isaac demonstrates his obedience and respect for his father, a value deeply ingrained in the patriarchal society of the time. This action also underscores the familial relationships and the importance of the father-son dynamic in the narrative. The act of bringing food to Isaac is a physical representation of Esau's desire to receive his father's blessing, which was a significant and life-altering event in the ancient world.and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game Esau's address to Isaac as "my father" reflects the intimate and respectful relationship expected between a son and his father. The request for Isaac to "sit up" suggests that Isaac was in a reclining or resting position, possibly due to his old age and failing health. The mention of "your son’s game" refers to the wild game that Esau, a skilled hunter, was known for bringing home. This phrase highlights Esau's identity and role within the family as the hunter and provider, contrasting with Jacob's more domestic role.so that you may bless me.” The request for a blessing is central to this passage. In the ancient Near Eastern context, a father's blessing was not merely a wish for well-being but a prophetic declaration that carried spiritual and material implications. The blessing was believed to confer divine favor and establish the future trajectory of the recipient's life. Esau's desire for the blessing underscores its importance and the irreversible nature of such pronouncements, as seen later when Isaac realizes he has already blessed Jacob. This moment also foreshadows the tension between Esau and Jacob, which has broader implications for the narrative of Israel's history and God's covenant promises.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/esau.htm">Esau</a> The elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, known for his skill in hunting. In this verse, he is seeking his father's blessing after preparing a meal. 2. <a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a> The father of Esau and Jacob, who is old and nearly blind. He is the one who is to give the blessing. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a> Although not directly mentioned in this verse, he is central to the surrounding account, having deceitfully received the blessing meant for Esau. 4. <a href="/topical/r/rebekah.htm">Rebekah</a> The mother of Esau and Jacob, who orchestrated the deception that led to Jacob receiving the blessing. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_blessing.htm">The Blessing</a> A significant event in the patriarchal family, where the father bestows a prophetic and spiritual inheritance upon his son.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_discernment.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Discernment</a> Isaac's physical blindness is symbolic of a lack of spiritual discernment. Believers are encouraged to seek God's wisdom to discern His will in their lives. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_deception.htm">Consequences of Deception</a> The account of Jacob and Esau illustrates the far-reaching consequences of deceit. Christians are called to live truthfully and with integrity. <a href="/topical/v/value_of_spiritual_inheritance.htm">Value of Spiritual Inheritance</a> Esau's account serves as a warning about undervaluing spiritual blessings. Believers should prioritize their spiritual inheritance over temporary, worldly gains. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_human_responsibility.htm">God's Sovereignty and Human Responsibility</a> While God's plans are sovereign, human actions and decisions still carry significant weight and consequences. <a href="/topical/f/forgiveness_and_reconciliation.htm">Forgiveness and Reconciliation</a> The later reconciliation between Jacob and Esau (Genesis 33) demonstrates the power of forgiveness and the restoration of broken relationships.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 27</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_bible's_preparation_day.htm">What is the Bible's Day of Preparation?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_mission_of_ratio_christi.htm">What are the core beliefs of Priscillianism?</a> <a href="/q/does_god_approve_jacob's_deceit.htm">Genesis 29:31: Does God's response to Jacob's situation imply approval of deceit and manipulation?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_psalm_53_align_with_altruism.htm">How can Psalm 53's claim 'there is no one who does good' align with scientific or sociological studies showing genuine altruism?</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>(31) He also had made.--Heb., he also made, Esau returned just as Jacob was leaving Isaac's presence. There would still be some considerable delay before the captured game was made into savoury meat<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 31. - And he also had made savory meat (vide ver. 4), and brought it unto his father, and said unto him, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison - compared with Jacob's exhortation to his aged parent (ver. 19), the language of Esau has, if anything, more affection in its tones - that thy soul may bless me. Esau was at this time a man of mature age, being either fifty-seven or seventy-seven years old, and must have been acquainted with the heavenly oracle (<a href="/genesis/25-23.htm">Genesis 25:23</a>) that assigned the precedence in the theocratic line to Jacob. Zither, therefore, he must have supposed that his claim to the blessing was not thereby affected, or he was guilty of conniving at Isaac's scheme for resisting the Divine will. Indignation at Jacob's duplicity and baseness, combined with sympathy for Esau in his supposed wrongs, sometimes prevents a just appreciation of the exact position occupied by the latter in this extraordinary transaction. Instead of branding Jacob as a shameless deceiver, and hurling against his fair fame the most opprobrious epithets, may it not be that, remembering the previously-expressed will of Heaven, the real supplanter was Esau, who as an accomplice of his father was seeking secretly, unlawfully, and feloniously to appropriate to himself a blessing which had already been, not obscurely, designated as Jacob's? On this hypothesis the miserable craft of Jacob and Rebekah was a lighter crime than that of Isaac and Esau. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/27-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>He הוּא֙ (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are too גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and made וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make some tasty food, מַטְעַמִּ֔ים (maṭ·‘am·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4303.htm">Strong's 4303: </a> Tasty or savory food, dainties brought וַיָּבֵ֖א (way·yā·ḇê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go it to his father, לְאָבִ֑יו (lə·’ā·ḇîw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father and said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to [him], לְאָבִ֗יו (lə·’ā·ḇîw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father “My father, אָבִי֙ (’ā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father sit up יָקֻ֤ם (yā·qum) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> To arise, stand up, stand and eat וְיֹאכַל֙ (wə·yō·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat of your son’s בְּנ֔וֹ (bə·nōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son game, מִצֵּ֣יד (miṣ·ṣêḏ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6718.htm">Strong's 6718: </a> The chase, game, lunch so that בַּעֲב֖וּר (ba·‘ă·ḇūr) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5668.htm">Strong's 5668: </a> Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that you נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ (nap̄·še·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion may bless me.” תְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּי (tə·ḇā·ră·ḵan·nî) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/27-31.htm">Genesis 27:31 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/27-31.htm">Genesis 27:31 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/27-31.htm">Genesis 27:31 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/27-31.htm">Genesis 27:31 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/27-31.htm">Genesis 27:31 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/27-31.htm">Genesis 27:31 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/27-31.htm">Genesis 27:31 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/27-31.htm">Genesis 27:31 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/27-31.htm">Genesis 27:31 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/27-31.htm">Genesis 27:31 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/27-31.htm">OT Law: Genesis 27:31 He also made savory food and brought (Gen. 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