And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made savory food, such as 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.
- BSB So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food 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 25:28Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.
- Gen 27:31He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.”
- Prov 23:2–3put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
- Gen 27:4Make 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.”
- Ps 141:4Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.
- Gen 27:9Go 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.
- Luke 21:34“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
- Gen 27:17She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
- Gen 27:7‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’
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