Genesis 27:14
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth 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.
Compare
- 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
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Read in contextGenesis 27:9
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
Read in contextGenesis 27:17
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
Read in contextProverbs 23:2–3
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Read in contextGenesis 25:28
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Read in contextGenesis 27:4
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.
Read in contextGenesis 27:7
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
Read in contextPsalms 141:4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
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