Genesis 27:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Then prepare for me a dish in the way I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

Cross References

Hebrews 11:20

By faith regarding things still to come Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 48:9

“They are my sons,” Joseph answered his father, “whom God has given me here.” “Bring them to me,” said his father, “that I may bless them.”

Genesis 49:28

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said about them, as he blessed them. To each he gave a suitable blessing.

Genesis 27:25

Then Isaac said, “Serve me, my son, and let me eat of the game so that I may bless you.” Jacob served it to him, and Isaac ate; he brought him wine, and he drank.

Luke 24:51

As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven.

Luke 2:34

and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted

Joshua 22:6

Joshua then blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.

Joshua 14:13

Joshua blessed Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and gave him Hebron as his heritage.

Genesis 27:7

‘Bring me some game and prepare a dish for me to eat, that I may bless you with the Lord’s approval before I die.’

Genesis 28:3

May God Almighty bless you and make you fertile, multiply you that you may become an assembly of peoples.

Genesis 27:31

Then he too prepared a dish, and bringing it to his father, he said, “Let my father sit up and eat some of his son’s game, that you may then give me your blessing.”

Genesis 27:27

As Jacob went up to kiss him, Isaac smelled the fragrance of his clothes. With that, he blessed him, saying, “Ah, the fragrance of my son is like the fragrance of a field that the Lord has blessed!

Genesis 27:23

(He failed to identify him because his hands were hairy, like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.)

Genesis 24:60

They blessed Rebekah and said: “Sister, may you grow into thousands of myriads; And may your descendants gain possession of the gates of their enemies!”

Genesis 14:19

He blessed Abram with these words: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth;

Genesis 27:5

Rebekah had been listening while Isaac was speaking to his son Esau. So when Esau went out into the open country to hunt some game for his father,

Genesis 27:9

Go to the flock and get me two choice young goats so that with these I might prepare a dish for your father in the way he likes.

Genesis 27:14

So Jacob went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared a dish in the way his father liked.

Genesis 27:17

Then she gave her son Jacob the dish and the bread she had prepared.

Genesis 27:19

Jacob answered his father: “I am Esau, your firstborn. I did as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”