New English Translation
Genesis 27:9
9Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them.
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
7‘Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food. Then I will eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.’ 8Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you! Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them. 10Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies.” 11“But Esau my brother is a hairy man,” Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah, “and I have smooth skin!
Read all of Genesis 27Genesis 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- Goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- now to the flockצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
- and fetchלָקַחlâqach · to take: bringH3947
- me from thence twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
- kidsגְּדִיgedîy · kidH1423
- of the goatsעֵז‛êz · goatH5795
- and I will makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- them savoury meatמַטְעָםmaţ‛am maţ‛ammâh · delicacyH4303
- for thy fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- such as he lovethאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
Cross-references for Genesis 27:9
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
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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
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