So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
Parallel translations
- WEB He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
- KJV And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
- NKJV And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
- NASB So he went and got them, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made a delicious meal such as his father loved.
- NLT So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it.
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Quick answer
Jacob brings the goats, and Rebekah prepares Isaac's favorite meal.
Overview
Jacob complies, and his mother cooks the dish to imitate the venison Isaac loved. The cooperation between mother and son advances the deception step by step. The narrative records the unfolding plan plainly, without endorsing the means, while God's purpose for Jacob remains in view.
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Cross-references · 9
- Gen 25:28Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
- Gen 27:31He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
- Prov 23:2–3and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
- Gen 27:4Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
- Ps 141:4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
- Gen 27:9Go 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.
- Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Gen 27:17Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
- Gen 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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