Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, so that I may prepare them as a delicious meal for your father, such as he loves.
Parallel translations
- WEB Go 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.
- KJV Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
- BSB Go 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.
- NKJV Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves.
- NLT Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish.
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Quick answer
Rebekah tells Jacob to fetch two young goats so she can make Isaac's favorite dish.
Overview
She plans to substitute goat meat for venison, disguising the meal to fool the nearly blind Isaac. Her elaborate preparation shows the calculated nature of the deception. The scheme illustrates how God's people sometimes grasp at right ends through wrong means, yet God remains sovereign over the outcome.
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Cross-references · 2
- Judg 13:15Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “Please stay with us, that we may make a young goat ready for you.”
- 1 Sam 16:20Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
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