Genesis 27:14

12 What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”

13 His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.

15 And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.

16 She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
DARBY
And he went, and fetched and brought [them] to his mother. And his mother prepared a savoury dish such as his father loved.
BLB
And he went and he got [them] and he brought [them] to his mother; and his mother made savory foods, as his father loved.
ÅB
Da gikk han og hentet dem og kom til sin mor med dem, og hans mor laget en velsmakende rett, slik som hans far likte det.
OTB
Så han gikk og hentet dem og brakte dem til sin mor, og hun tilberedte et deilig måltid, akkurat slik hans far elsket.
B1930
Da gikk han og hentet dem og kom til sin mor med dem, og hans mor laget en velsmakende rett, slik som hans far likte det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 21:34

    But 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.

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  • Genesis 27:9

    Go 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.

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  • Genesis 27:17

    Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.

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  • Proverbs 23:2–3

    and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

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  • Genesis 25:28

    Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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  • Genesis 27:4

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

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  • 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.’

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  • Psalms 141:4

    Do 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.

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