Genesis 27:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.””

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BSBPD

“Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jacob saith unto his father, `I <FI>am<Fi> Esau thy first-born; I have done as thou hast spoken unto me; rise, I pray thee, sit, and eat of my provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 27:19 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 25:25The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
  2. 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.”
  3. Genesis 27:21Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”
  4. Genesis 27:24Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
  5. Genesis 29:23But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
  6. 1 Kings 13:18Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,
  7. 1 Kings 14:2and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
  8. Isaiah 28:15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
  9. Zechariah 13:3And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
  10. Matthew 26:70But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”

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