Genesis 25:28
Isaac loved Esau, for he had a taste for venison; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
In Context
29Once when Jacob was preparing a stew, Esau came in from the fields, and he was very hungry;
Cross References
Genesis 27:4and prepare for me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat and that I may bless you before I die.”
Genesis 27:9Go to the flock and bring me from there two good young goats, and I will make of them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
Genesis 27:19Jacob said, “I am Esau your oldest son. I have done as you commanded me. Sit up and eat some of my venison, so that you may bless me.”
Genesis 27:31He also had made savory food and was bringing it to his father. So he said to him, “Father, rise and eat of your son’s venison, that you may bless me.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:20-29
Birth of Esau and Jacob. ( b. c. 1837.) 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 21 And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire… Read the whole commentary →