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Genesis 27:4

2 “Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.

3 Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.

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

5 Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,

6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,

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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
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And make for me savory foods, as I have loved, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”
ÅB
og lag en velsmakende rett for meg, slik som jeg liker det, og kom så hit med den! Da vil jeg spise, så min sjel kan velsigne deg, før jeg dør.
OTB
Lag et deilig måltid for meg, slik jeg elsker, og bring det til meg for å spise, så jeg kan velsigne deg før jeg dør.»
B1930
og lag en velsmakende rett for mig, slik som jeg liker det, og kom så hit med den! Da vil jeg ete, så min sjel kan velsigne dig, før jeg dør.

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Cross references

  • Hebrews 11:20

    By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

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  • Genesis 48:9

    Joseph 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.”

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  • Genesis 49:28

    These 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Luke 24:51

    While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.

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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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  • Joshua 22:6

    So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.

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  • Joshua 14:13

    Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

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