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Isaac Blesses Jacob

Genesis 27:14

In 11 translations

BSB
So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
KJV
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
WEB
He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
ASV
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
LSV
And he goes, and takes, and brings to his mother, and his mother makes tasteful things, [such] as his father has loved;
YLT
And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, [such] as his father hath loved;
DBY
And he went, and fetched and brought [them] to his mother. And his mother prepared a savoury dish such as his father loved.
DRC
He went, and brought, and gave them to his mother. She dressed meats, such as she knew his father liked.
GNV
So he went and set them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made pleasant meat, such as his father loued.
JPS
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury food, such as his father loved.
LXXE
So he went and took and brought them to his mother; and his mother made meats, as his father liked them.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ֙ וַיִּקַּ֔ח וַיָּבֵ֖א לְאִמּ֑וֹ וַתַּ֤עַשׂ אִמּוֹ֙ מַטְעַמִּ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אָהֵ֥ב אָבִֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Πορευθεὶς δὲ ἔλαβε, καὶ ἤνεγκε τῇ μητρί· καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ ἐδέσματα, καθὰ ἐφίλει ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 27:7‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’
  • Genesis 27:17Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
  • Psalms 141:4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
  • Genesis 25:28Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
  • Proverbs 23:2–3and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
  • Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
  • Genesis 27:4Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
  • Genesis 27:9Go 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.
  • Genesis 27:31He 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.”

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