Genesis 27:9

Genesis 27:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
• New International Version (NIV)Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats, so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father, such as he loves.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves.

Context of Genesis 27:9

7Bring me venison, and prepare me a savoury dish, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah, before my death. 8And now, my son, hearken to my voice in that which I command thee. Go, I pray thee, to the flock, and fetch me thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make of them a savoury dish for thy father, such as he loves. 10And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, in order that he may bless thee before his death. 11And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

Genesis 27:9 word by word

לֶךְ־נָא֙ אֶל־הַצֹּ֔אן וְקַֽח־לִ֣י מִשָּׁ֗ם שְׁנֵ֛י גְּדָיֵ֥י עִזִּ֖ים טֹבִ֑ים וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֨ה אֹתָ֧ם מַטְעַמִּ֛ים לְאָבִ֖יךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר אָהֵֽב׃Read the interlinear

• flockצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• goatsעֵז‛êz · goatH5795
• makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• lovesאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157

Cross-references for Genesis 27:9

• Judges 13:15And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, and we will make ready a kid of the goats for thee.
• 1 Samuel 16:20And Jesse took an ass with bread, and a flask of wine, and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son to Saul.

Commentaries on Genesis 27:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-46Verses 1-46 - Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the paternal roof. The remaining forty-four years are passed in the retirement of old age. The chapter before us narrates the last solemn acts of the middle period of his life. Genesis 27:1-4 Isaac was old. - Joseph was in his thirtieth year when he…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-17Verses 6-17 Rebekah knew that the blessing was intended for Jacob, and expected he would have it. But she wronged Isaac by putting a cheat on him; she wronged Jacob by tempting him to wickedness. She put a stumbling-block in Esau's way, and gave him a pretext for hatred to Jacob and to religion. All were to be blamed. It was one of those crooked measures often adopted to further the Divine promises; as if the end would justify, or excuse wrong means. Thus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-17The blessing seemed to be at risk. In the second scene, Rebekah and Jacob tried to gain God’s blessing through deception, rather than through faith and love. Rebekah made a plan to trick Isaac, who was old, into thinking he was blessing Esau when he was actually blessing Jacob.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-106-10. 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 27:9

• Children
• Covetousness
• Craftiness
• Deception
• Dishonesty
• Falsehood
• Family
• Favoritism
• Food
• Goat
• Jacob
• Parents
• Rebekah (Rebecca)
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Bless
• Cattle
• Cook
• Cry
• Deceiver
• Dim
• Exceedingly
• Fatness
• Feel
• Fetch

Commentaries on Genesis 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings