Genesis 27:4

I want you to cook that meat with bush leaves, just the way I like it. Bring it to me and I will eat it and then I will ask God to bless you. I will ask him to be good to you and make you strong. You will get more than anyone else when I die and you will get the promises God made to Abraham and to me. I must do this before I die.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3I want you to go hunting. Take your bow and arrows and get some bush meat for me.

5And so, Esau left his father and went hunting. Isaac did not know that Rebekah was outside and heard what he had said to Esau.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:14So, Jacob went and got the goats and took them to his mother. She cooked the meat with bush leaves, just like Isaac liked it.

Genesis 27:25And so Isaac said, “My son, give me some of that meat and then I will ask God to bless you and do good things for you and make you strong.” Jacob took the meat and the bread to his father and Isaac ate it. Then Jacob gave Isaac some wine and he drank it.

Genesis 27:31He cooked the meat with bush leaves and took it to his father. He said, “Hello father, I have cooked the meat the way you like it. Sit up and eat it and then you can bless me and ask God to do good things for me and make me strong.”

Genesis 48:9And Joseph answered, “They are the 2 sons God has given me here in Egypt.” Israel said, “Bring your sons close to me so that I can bless them. I will ask God to be good to them and make them strong.”

Genesis 49:28Jacob told his 12 sons what would happen to each one of them later on. All the 12 sons had families that were big and they were called T he 12 Tribes of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:2-6

Rebekah's Contrivance. ( b. c. 1760.) 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; 4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul… Read the whole commentary →

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