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Isaac Blesses Jacob

Genesis 27:6

In 11 translations

BSB
Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
KJV
¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
WEB
Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
ASV
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
LSV
and Rebekah has spoken to her son Jacob, saying, “Behold, I have heard your father speaking to your brother Esau, saying,
YLT
and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying, 'Lo, I have heard thy father speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying,
DBY
And Rebecca spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak to Esau thy brother, saying,
DRC
She said to her son Jacob: I heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, and saying to him:
GNV
Then Rebekah spake vnto Iaakob her sonne, saying, Beholde, I haue heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, saying,
JPS
And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying: 'Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying:
LXXE
And Rebecca said to Jacob her younger son, Behold, I heard thy father speaking to Esau thy brother, saying,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְרִבְקָה֙ אָֽמְרָ֔ה אֶל־יַעֲקֹ֥ב בְּנָ֖הּ לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֤ה שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙ אֶת־אָבִ֔יךָ מְדַבֵּ֛ר אֶל־עֵשָׂ֥ו אָחִ֖יךָ לֵאמֹֽר׃
LXX-Br
Ῥεβέκκα δὲ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν ἐλάσσω, ἴδε, ἤκουσα τοῦ πατρός σου λαλοῦντος πρὸς Ἡσαῦ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου, λέγοντος,

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  • Genesis 25:28Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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