Genesis 27:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ Prepare the food that I love. Bring it to me, and I will eat it. Then I will bless you before I die.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And prepare me appetizing meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat of it, [preparatory] to giving you my blessing [as my firstborn] before I die.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ Make me the delicious food that I love and bring it to me so I can eat. Then I can bless you before I die.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ make from it a small meal for me, just as you know I like, and bring it, so that I may eat and my soul may bless you before I die."

Genesis 27:4 Cross References

Genesis 14:19

Melchizedek blessed Abram and said,

Genesis 24:60

While Rebekah was leaving they said to her,

Genesis 27:14

So Jacob went out and got two goats and brought them to his mother. His mother cooked the goats in the special way that Isaac loved.

Genesis 27:17

Then Rebekah got the food she had cooked and gave it to Jacob.

Genesis 27:19

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your first son. I have done the things you told me. Now sit up and eat the animals that I hunted for you. Then you can bless me.”

Genesis 27:23

Isaac did not know it was Jacob, because his arms were hairy like Esau’s arms. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

Genesis 27:25

Then Isaac said, “Bring me the food. I will eat it and bless you.” So Jacob gave him the food, and he ate it. Then Jacob gave him some wine, and he drank it.

Genesis 27:27

So Jacob went to his father and kissed him. Isaac smelled Esau’s clothes and blessed him. Isaac said,

Genesis 27:31

Esau prepared the food in the special way his father loved. Esau brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Father, I am your son. Get up and eat the meat that I killed {and cooked} for you. Then you can bless me.”

Genesis 27:5

So Esau went hunting.

Genesis 27:7

Your father said, ‘Kill an animal for me to eat. Prepare the food for me, and I will eat. Then I will bless you before I die.’

Genesis 27:9

Go out to our goats and bring me two young goats. I will prepare them the way your father loves them.

Genesis 28:3

I pray that God All-Powerful [162] will bless you and give you many children. I pray that you will become the father of a great nation.

Genesis 48:9

Joseph said to his father, “These are my sons. These are the boys God gave me.”

Genesis 49:28

Those are the twelve families of Israel. And those are the things their father said to them. He gave each son a blessing that was right for him.

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, “Many Jews will fall and many will rise because of this boy. He will be a sign (proof) from God that some people will not accept.

Luke 24:51

While Jesus was blessing them, he was separated from them and carried into heaven.

Hebrews 11:20

Isaac blessed the future of Jacob and Esau. Isaac did that because he had faith.

Joshua 14:13

Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh. Joshua gave him the city of Hebron as his own.

Joshua 22:6

Then Joshua said goodbye to them and they left. They went home.