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 27:31 - Easy To Read Version 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.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Esau had also prepared savory food and brought it to his father and said to him, Let my father arise and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me. American Standard Version (1901) And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me. Common English Bible He too made some delicious food, brought it to his father, and said, “Let my father sit up and eat from his son’s game so that you may bless me.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he brought his father foods cooked from his hunting, saying, "Arise, my father, and eat from your son's hunting, so that your soul may bless me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And brought in to his father meats made of what he had taken in hunting, saying: Arise, my father, and eat of thy son's venison; that thy soul may bless me. |
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.
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.”
Isaac finished blessing Jacob. Then, just as Jacob left his father Isaac, Esau came in from hunting.
Prepare the food that I love. Bring it to me, and I will eat it. Then I will bless you before I die.”