Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’
Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
Bring me venison, and prepare me a savoury dish, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah, before my death.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)