Skip to main content

Genesis 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.

KJV

fac mihi inde pulmentum sicut velle me nosti, et affer ut comedam : et benedicat tibi anima mea antequam moriar.

Vulgate

καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα ὡς φιλῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ἔνεγκόν μοι ἵνα φάγω· ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ σε ἡ ψυχή μου πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν με.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/עֲשֵׂה לִ֨/י מַטְעַמִּ֜ים כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָהַ֛בְתִּי וְ/הָבִ֥יאָ/ה לִּ֖/י וְ/אֹכֵ֑לָה בַּ/עֲב֛וּר תְּבָרֶכְ/ךָ֥ נַפְשִׁ֖/י בְּ/טֶ֥רֶם אָמֽוּת

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
טֶ֣רֶם
trm
adverb · 56×
י
y
noun · 752×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מַטְעַמִּ֔ים
mt'mym
noun · 8×
עֲב֖וּר
'bvr
noun · 49×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 33:1 — And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
  • Gen 14:19 — And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
  • Gen 14:19 — And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
  • Gen 24:60 — And 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.
  • Gen 25:28 — And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
  • Gen 27:7 — Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
  • 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.
  • Gen 27:19 — And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
  • Gen 27:23 — And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
  • Gen 27:25 — And 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.
  • Gen 27:25 — And 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.
  • Gen 27:27 — And 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:
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 28:3 — And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
  • Gen 48:9 — And 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.
  • Gen 48:9 — And 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.
  • Gen 48:15 — And 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,
  • Gen 49:28 — All 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.
  • Heb 11:20 — By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
  • Josh 14:13 — And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
  • Josh 22:6 — So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
  • Lev 9:22 — And 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.
  • Luke 2:34 — And 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;
  • Luke 24:51 — And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.