Genesis 27:31
in Genesis 27He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Genesis 27
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him
on Genesis 27:30-31
Jacob leaves his father's presence and Esau walks in from the hunt. The text puts the two of them within a minute of each other. Esau brings the same dish and asks for the same blessing, in nearly his brother's words. Genesis reports the timing and draws nothing from it.
This site's exposition
He too made some tasty food
Esau's meal is the honest one, real game from a real hunt, and it comes too late. He too asks his father to sit up and eat. John Gill notes that Isaac at once heard a voice more like Esau's than the one before.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
The dishes of Esau signify the cult of the people under the law. Since they are inflated with pride and are certain of being justified by circumcision, they offer the pagan converts as nourishment, whereas they themselves need nourishment because they cannot touch the heavenly bread.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he also made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But a moment's reflection convinced the aged patriarch that the transfer of the blessing was "of the Lord," and now irrevocable. The importunities of Esau, however, overpowered him; and as the prophetic afflatus was upon the patriarch, he added what was probably as pleasing to a man of Esau's character as the other would have been.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֤עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he prepared | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| הוּא֙ | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מַטְעַמִּ֔ים | matamim | savory food<s> | H4303 → | 8 times |
| וַיָּבֵ֖א | vaiyave' | and he brought [it] | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְאָבִ֑יו | leaviv | to father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לְאָבִ֗יו | leaviv | to father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| יָקֻ֤ם | yakum | let him arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| אָבִי֙ | ʾavi | father my | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְיֹאכַל֙ | veyokhal | and let him eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| מִצֵּ֣יד | mitzeid | some of [the] wild game of | H6718 → | 19 times |
| בְּנ֔וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בַּעֲב֖וּר | baavur | inorder that | H5668 → | 49 times |
| תְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּי | tevarakhani | <it> may bless me | H1288 → | 330 times |
| נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ | nafshekha | self your | H5315 → | 754 times |
וַיַּ֤עַשׂand he prepared
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
הוּא֙he
hu'H1931 →1879 times
מַטְעַמִּ֔יםsavory food<s>
matamimH4303 →8 times
וַיָּבֵ֖אand he brought [it]
vaiyave'H935 →2568 times
לְאָבִ֑יוto father his
leavivH1 →1212 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לְאָבִ֗יוto father his
leavivH1 →1212 times
יָקֻ֤םlet him arise
yakumH6965 →628 times
אָבִי֙father my
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
וְיֹאכַל֙and let him eat
veyokhalH398 →810 times
מִצֵּ֣ידsome of [the] wild game of
mitzeidH6718 →19 times
בְּנ֔וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
בַּעֲב֖וּרinorder that
baavurH5668 →49 times
תְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּי<it> may bless me
tevarakhaniH1288 →330 times
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃self your
nafshekhaH5315 →754 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 27:4Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 11:20
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
- Genesis 48:9
Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
- Genesis 27:25
“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he…
- Genesis 49:28
These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
- Luke 24:51
While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
- Hebrews 11:20
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Hippolytus of Rome, ON THE BLESSINGS OF ISAAC AND JACOB 8; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).