Genesis 27:7

New American Bible - revised edition

‘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.’

Cross References

Joshua 6:26

On that occasion Joshua imposed the oath: Cursed before the Lord be the man who attempts to rebuild this city, Jericho. At the cost of his firstborn will he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son will he set up its gates.

1 Samuel 24:19

You have declared this day how you treated me graciously: the Lord delivered me into your hand and you did not kill me.

Deuteronomy 33:1

This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before he died.

Genesis 27:4

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.”

Genesis 27:6

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

Genesis 27:8

Now, my son, obey me in what I am about to order you.

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.