Genesis 27:4

In 11 translations

BSB

Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

KJV

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.

WEB

Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”

ASV

and make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

LSV

and make tasteful things for me, [such] as I have loved, and bring [them] to me, and I eat, so that my soul blesses you before I die.”

YLT

and make for me tasteful things, [such] as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.'

DBY

and prepare me a savoury dish such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, in order that my soul may bless thee before I die.

DRC

Make me savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it, that I may eat: and my soul may bless thee before I die.

GNV

Then make mee sauourie meate, such as I loue, and bring it me that I may eat, and that my soule may blesse thee, before I die.

JPS

and make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.'

LXXE

and make me meats, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee, before I die.

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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

וַעֲשֵׂה־לִ֨י מַטְעַמִּ֜ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר אָהַ֛בְתִּי וְהָבִ֥יאָה לִּ֖י וְאֹכֵ֑לָה בַּעֲב֛וּר תְּבָרֶכְךָ֥ נַפְשִׁ֖י בְּטֶ֥רֶם אָמֽוּת׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα, ὡς φιλῶ ἐγὼ, καὶ ἔνεγκέ μοι, ἵνα φάγω, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου πρὶν ἀποθανεῖν με.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 11:20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
• Genesis 48:9Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
• Genesis 49:28These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
• Genesis 27:25“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
• Luke 24:51While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
• Joshua 14:13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
• 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.’
• Joshua 22:6So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
• Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
• Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
• Leviticus 9:22–23Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down. Moses and Aaron then entered the Tent of Meeting. When they…
• Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
• Genesis 27:27So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
• Genesis 48:15–20Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these…
• Deuteronomy 33:1–29This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death. He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of…
• 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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