Genesis 27:7
Good News Translation
'Bring me an animal and cook it for me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my blessing in the presence of the LORD before I die.'

New Revised Standard Version
‘Bring me game, and prepare for me savory food to eat, that I may bless you before the LORD before I die.’

Contemporary English Version
to kill a wild animal and cook some tasty food for him before he dies. Your father said this because he wants to bless your brother with the LORD as his witness.

New American Bible
‘Bring me some game and prepare a dish for me to eat, that I may bless you with the LORD’s approval before I die.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
Bring me of thy hunting, and make me meats that I may eat, and bless thee in the sight of the Lord, before I die.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bring me of thy hunting, and make me meats that I may eat, and bless thee in the sight of the Lord, before I die.

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Deuteronomy 33:1 This is the blessing, wherewith the man of God, Moses, blessed the children of Israel, before his death.

Joshua 6:26 Cursed be the man before the Lord, that shall raise up and build the city of Jericho. In his firstborn may he lay the foundation thereof, and in the last of his children set up its gates.

1 Samuel 24:19 For who when he hath found his enemy, will let him go well away? But the Lord reward thee for this good turn, for what thou hast done to me this day.

Context
Jacob's Deception
6She said to her son Jacob: I heard thy father talking with Esau, thy brother, and saying to him: 7Bring me of thy hunting, and make me meats that I may eat, and bless thee in the sight of the Lord, before I die.8Now therefore, my son, follow my counsel:…
Cross References
Genesis 27:4
Make me a savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it that I may eat: and my soul may bless thee, before I die.

Genesis 27:6
She said to her son Jacob: I heard thy father talking with Esau, thy brother, and saying to him:

Genesis 27:8
Now therefore, my son, follow my counsel:

Genesis 27:6
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