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Genesis 27:31

And 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.

KJV

coctosque de venatione cibos intulit patri, dicens : Surge, pater mi, et comede de venatione filii tui, ut benedicat mihi anima tua.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐδέσματα καὶ προσήνεγκεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἶπεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἀναστήτω ὁ πατήρ μου καὶ φαγέτω τῆς θήρας τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὅπως εὐλογήσει με ἡ ψυχή σου.

LXX

And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ גַּם הוּא֙ מַטְעַמִּ֔ים וַ/יָּבֵ֖א לְ/אָבִ֑י/ו וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לְ/אָבִ֗י/ו יָקֻ֤ם אָבִ/י֙ וְ/יֹאכַל֙ מִ/צֵּ֣יד בְּנ֔/וֹ בַּ/עֲב֖וּר תְּבָרֲכַ֥/נִּי נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
י
y
noun · 752×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מַטְעַמִּ֔ים
mt'mym
noun · 8×
עֲב֖וּר
'bvr
noun · 49×
צַ֖יִד
tsyd
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 25:28 — And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 27:14 — And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.