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Genesis 27:4

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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.

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KJV King James Version

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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

WEB World English Bible

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 American Standard Version

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.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

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.’

Surrounding context — Genesis 27

1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I.

2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me [some] venison;

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.

5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].

6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.

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Hebrews 11:20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.Genesis 48:9And Joseph said unto his father, They [are] my sons, whom God hath given me in this [place]. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.Genesis 49:28All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel: and this [is it] that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.Genesis 27:25And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought [it] near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.Luke 24:51And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.Genesis 27:7Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.Joshua 22:6So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.Joshua 14:13And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;Genesis 27:31And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.Genesis 14:19And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:Genesis 27:27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son [is] as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:Genesis 28:3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;Genesis 48:15-20And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,Leviticus 9:22-23And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.Genesis 27:23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.Deuteronomy 33:1-29And this [is] the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.