Genesis 27:29

Genesis 27:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, And let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!”
• New Living Translation (NLT)May many nations become your servants, and may they bow down to you. May you be the master over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. All who curse you will be cursed, and all who bless you will be blessed.”

Context of Genesis 27:29

27So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed. 28May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness— an abundance of grain and new wine. May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed.” 30After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting. 31He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, “My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”

Genesis 27:29 word by word

יַֽעַבְד֣וּךָ עַמִּ֗ים וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֤וּ לְךָ֙ לְאֻמִּ֔ים הֱוֵ֤ה גְבִיר֙ לְאַחֶ֔יךָ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲוּ֥וּ לְךָ֖ בְּנֵ֣י אִמֶּ֑ךָ אֹרְרֶ֣יךָ אָר֔וּר וּֽמְבָרֲכֶ֖יךָ בָּרֽוּךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647
• thee, and nationsלְאֹםle'ôm le'ôm · peopleH3816
• bow downשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• to thee: beהָוָהhâvâ' hâvâh · to beH1933
• lordגְּבִירgebîyr · lordH1376
• over thy brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• and let thy mother’sאֵם'êm · motherH517
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• to thee: cursedאָרַר'ârar · to curseH779
• thee, and blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288

Cross-references for Genesis 27:29

• Genesis 9:25he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.”
• Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
• Genesis 49:8“Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.
• 2 Samuel 8:1In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg Ammah from the control of the Philistines.
• 2 Samuel 10:1In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king.
• 1 Kings 4:21And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.
• Psalms 2:6“I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
• Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.
• Isaiah 9:7Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
• Daniel 2:44“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
• Revelation 19:16On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords.
• Genesis 27:37Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?”
• Genesis 25:22The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.
• 2 Samuel 8:14He put garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.
• 1 Kings 11:15Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.
• 1 Kings 22:47There was then no king in Edom; a provincial governor ruled.

Commentaries on Genesis 27:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Let people serve thee - "However alike their temporal advantages were to each other," says Bp. Newton, "in all spiritual gifts and graces the younger brother was to have the superiority, was to be the happy instrument of conveying the blessing to all nations: In thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed; and to this are to be referred, in their full force, those expressions: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee…Read the comment
• 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. 18-29Verses 18-29 Jacob, with some difficulty, gained his point, and got the blessing. This blessing is in very general terms. No mention is made of the distinguishing mercies in the covenant with Abraham. This might be owing to Isaac having Esau in his mind, though it was Jacob who was before him. He could not be ignorant how Esau had despised the best things. Moreover, his attachment to Esau, so as to disregard the mind of God, must have greatly weakened his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-29In scene three, Jacob tricks his father and receives the blessing.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. Let people serve thee--fulfilled in the discomfiture of the hostile tribes that opposed the Israelites in the wilderness; and in the pre-eminence and power they attained after their national establishment in the promised land. This blessing was not realized to Jacob, but to his descendants; and the temporal blessings promised were but a shadow of those spiritual ones, which formed the grand distinction of Jacob's posterity.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 27:29

• Benedictions
• Blessing
• Covetousness
• Craftiness
• Death
• Dishonesty
• Edomites
• Family
• Isaac
• Israel
• Jacob
• Parents
• Rebekah (Rebecca)
• Rulers
• Salutations

In the dictionaries

• Bless
• Cry
• Deceiver
• Dim
• Esau
• Exceedingly
• Fatness
• Feel
• Fetch
• Hairy

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