Genesis 27:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Cook some of that tasty food that I love so much and bring it to me. I want to eat it once more and give you my blessing before I die.”

Cross References

Genesis 14:19

and said to Abram: “I bless you in the name of God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.

Genesis 24:60

They gave Rebekah their blessing and said, “We pray that God will give you many children and grandchildren and that he will help them defeat their enemies.”

Genesis 27:14

So Jacob brought the meat to his mother, and she cooked the tasty food that his father liked.

Genesis 27:17

and gave him some bread and the tasty food she had cooked.

Genesis 27:19

Jacob replied, “I am Esau, your firstborn, and I have done what you told me. Please sit up and eat the meat I have brought. Then you can give me your blessing.”

Genesis 27:23

And so Isaac blessed Jacob, thinking he was Esau.

Genesis 27:25

So Isaac told him, “Serve me the wild meat, and I can give you my blessing.” Jacob gave him some meat, and he ate it. He also gave him some wine, and he drank it.

Genesis 27:27

While Jacob was kissing him, Isaac caught the smell of his clothes and said: “The smell of my son is like a field the LORD has blessed.

Genesis 27:31

He cooked the tasty food, brought it to his father, and said, “Father, please sit up and eat the meat I have brought you, so you can give me your blessing.”

Genesis 27:5

Rebekah had been listening, and as soon as Esau left to go hunting,

Genesis 27:7

to kill a wild animal and cook some tasty food for your father before he dies. Your father said this because he wants to bless your brother with the LORD as his witness.

Genesis 27:9

Go and kill two of your best young goats and bring them to me. I'll cook the tasty food that your father loves so much.

Genesis 28:3

I pray that God All-Powerful will bless you with many descendants and let you become a great nation.

Genesis 49:28

These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is how Jacob gave each of them their proper blessings.

Luke 2:34

Then he blessed them and told Mary, “This child of yours will cause many people in Israel to fall and others to stand. The child will be like a warning sign. Many people will reject him,

Luke 24:51

As he was doing this, he left and was taken up to heaven.

Hebrews 11:20

Isaac had faith, and he promised blessings to Jacob and Esau.

Joshua 14:13

Joshua prayed that God would help Caleb, then he gave Hebron to Caleb and his descendants.

Joshua 22:6

You've become rich from what you've taken from your enemies. You have big herds of cattle, lots of silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and plenty of clothes. Take everything home with you and share it with the people of your tribe. I pray that God will be kind to you. You are now free to go home. The tribes of Reuben and Gad started back to Gilead, their own land. Moses had given the land of Bashan to the East Manasseh tribe, so they started back along with Reuben and Gad. God had told Moses that these two and a half tribes should conquer Gilead and Bashan, and they had done so. Joshua had given land west of the River Jordan to the other half of the Manasseh tribe, so they stayed at Shiloh in the land of Canaan with the rest of the Israelites.