Genesis 27:10
in Genesis 27Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.
KJV
And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
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This verse in Genesis 27
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd thou shall bring it to thy father,.... For venison; and as if he was Esau that brought it: that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death; to whom she knew by the divine oracle the blessing belonged, Gen 25:23, as well as by virtue of the sale of the birthright to him by his brother, Gen 25:33, and through Esau's forfeiting of it by marrying with the Canaanites, Gen 26:34; in these her sentiments she was right, but wrong in the ways and means she took to get it for him.
This site's exposition
listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you
on Genesis 27:8-10
Rebekah tells Jacob to listen to her voice and do exactly as she says. She says it again at verse 13 and a third time at verse 43, when she sends him out of the land. God had told Isaac at 26:5 that Abraham obeyed His voice.
This site's exposition
so that he may bless you
Gill lists three grounds for thinking the blessing belonged to Jacob: the oracle at 25:23, the sale of the birthright, and Esau's marriages at 26:34. He judged her right in her aim and wrong in her means. Her plan needs Isaac to bless Jacob unaware.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Rebekah spake unto Jacob--She prized the blessing as invaluable; she knew that God intended it for the younger son [Ge 25:23]; and in her anxiety to secure its being conferred on the right object--on one who cared for religion--she acted in the sincerity of faith; but in crooked policy--with unenlightened zeal; on the false principle that the end would sanctify the means.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֵבֵאתָ֥ | veheveta | and you will bring [it] | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְאָבִ֖יךָ | leavikha | to father your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְאָכָ֑ל | veakhal | and he will eat [it] | H398 → | 810 times |
| בַּעֲבֻ֛ר | baavur | inorder that | H5668 → | 49 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | this | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יְבָרֶכְךָ֖ | yevarekha | he may bless you | H1288 → | 330 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מוֹתֽוֹ׃ | moto | death his | H4194 → | 156 times |
וְהֵבֵאתָ֥and you will bring [it]
vehevetaH935 →2568 times
לְאָבִ֖יךָto father your
leavikhaH1 →1212 times
וְאָכָ֑לand he will eat [it]
veakhalH398 →810 times
בַּעֲבֻ֛רinorder that
baavurH5668 →49 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthis
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יְבָרֶכְךָ֖he may bless you
yevarekhaH1288 →330 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
מוֹתֽוֹ׃death his
motoH4194 →156 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.