Genesis 27:4

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“Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.””

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BSBPD

“Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and make for me tasteful things, <FI>such<Fi> as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 27:4 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 14:19and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
  2. Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
  3. Genesis 27:7‘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.’
  4. Genesis 27:14So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
  5. Genesis 27:23Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
  6. 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 drank.
  7. Genesis 27:27So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
  8. Genesis 27:31He 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.”
  9. Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
  10. Genesis 48:9Joseph 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.”
  11. Genesis 48:15Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
  12. Genesis 49:28These 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.
  13. Leviticus 9:22Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down.
  14. Deuteronomy 33:1This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
  15. Joshua 14:13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
  16. Joshua 22:6So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
  17. Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
  18. Luke 24:51While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
  19. Hebrews 11:20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

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