KJV King James Version
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:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 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 it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good young goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
ASV American Standard Version
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things for thy father, such as he hath loved;
Surrounding context — Genesis 27
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.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
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:
10 And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man:
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.
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לֶךְ־H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentנָא֙H4994 · napleaseאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַצֹּ֔אןH6629 · tsonflockוְקַֽח־H3947 · la.qachto take: takeלִ֣יH9030 · nimeמִשָּׁ֗םH8033 · shamthereשְׁנֵ֛יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoגְּדָיֵ֥יH1423 · ge.dikidעִזִּ֖יםH5795 · ezgoatטֹבִ֑יםH2896 · tovpleasantוְאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֨הH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֹתָ֧םH853 · et[Obj.]מַטְעַמִּ֛יםH4303 · mat.amdelicacyלְאָבִ֖יךָH1 · avfatherכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichאָהֵֽב׃H157 · a.havto love: lover
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