Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Make 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.”
- KJV 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.
- NKJV And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”
- NASB and prepare a delicious meal for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.”
- NLT Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die.”
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Quick answer
Isaac asks Esau to prepare a tasty meal so he can bless him before he dies.
Overview
Isaac links the solemn blessing to a meal he loves, revealing how his appetite and partiality shaped his intentions. The blessing was understood to convey real, God-rooted destiny upon the heir. Isaac's plan to bless Esau runs counter to God's revealed word, exposing human weakness against which divine sovereignty will work.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Heb 11:20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
- Gen 48:9Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
- Gen 49:28These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
- Gen 27:25“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
- Luke 24:51While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
- Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
- Josh 22:6So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
- Josh 14:13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
- 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.’
- Gen 48:15–20Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- Gen 27:27So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
- Deut 33:1–29This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
- Lev 9:22–23Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down.
- Gen 14:19and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- Gen 27:23Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
- 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.”
- Gen 24:60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- Gen 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
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