Genesis 27:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Listen! I heard your father tell your brother Esau,

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Isaac preferred Esau, because he was fond of game; but Rebekah preferred Jacob.

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,

‘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.’