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Genesis 27

Gen. 27:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And make
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
me savory meat
mat`am (Hebrew #4303)
from 2938; a delicacy
KJV usage: dainty (meat), savoury meat.
Pronounce: mat-am'
Origin: or (feminine) matiammah {mat-am-maw'}
, such as
'aher (Hebrew #834)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
KJV usage: X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
Pronounce: ash-er'
Origin: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number)
I love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
, and bring
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
it to me, that I may eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
; that my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
t may bless
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
thee before
terem (Hebrew #2962)
properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before
KJV usage: before, ere, not yet.
Pronounce: teh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend
I die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
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Gen. 27:25• 25And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, in order that my soul may bless thee. And he brought [it] near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him wine, and he drank. (Gen. 27:25)
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Gen. 48:9• 9And Joseph said to his father, They [are] my sons whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee unto me, that I may bless them. (Gen. 48:9)
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Gen. 49:28• 28All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] what their father spake to them; and he blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. (Gen. 49:28)
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Deut. 33:1• 1{i}And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.{/i} (Deut. 33:1)

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that I may eat.The blessing, says Dr. A. Clarke, which Isaac was to confer on his son, was a species of divine right, and must be communicated with appropriate ceremonies.
As eating and drinking were used among the Asiatics on almost all religious occasions, and especially in making and confirming covenants, it is reasonable to suppose, that something of this kind was essentially necessary on this occasion; and that Isaac could not convey the right, till he had eaten of the meat provided for the purpose by him who was to receive the blessing.that my.
Gen. 27:7,23,25,27• 7Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
 23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.
 25And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, in order that my soul may bless thee. And he brought [it] near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
 27And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothes, and blessed him and said, See, my son's smell, [is] as a field's smell which Jehovah hath blessed. (Gen. 27:7,23,25,27)
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Gen. 14:19• 19{i}And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth.{/i} (Gen. 14:19)
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Gen. 24:60• 60And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, become thou thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them! (Gen. 24:60)
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Gen. 28:3• 3And God Almighty [El Shaddai] bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples. (Gen. 28:3)
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Gen. 48:9,15‑20• 9And Joseph said to his father, They [are] my sons whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee unto me, that I may bless them.
 15And he blessed Joseph and said, The God before whom walked my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, the God that tended me all my life long till this day,
 16the angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth .
 17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
 18And Joseph said to his father, Not so my father, for this [is] the first-born: put thy right hand on his head.
 19But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become a fullness of nations.
 20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh; and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. (Gen. 48:9,15‑20)
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Gen. 49:28• 28All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] what their father spake to them; and he blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. (Gen. 49:28)
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Lev. 9:22‑23• 22And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings.
 23And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people; and Jehovah's glory appeared to all the people. (Lev. 9:22‑23)
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Deut. 33:1‑29• 1{i}And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.{/i}
 2{i}And he said,{/i}
 3Yea, he loveth the peoples:{HR}All his saints are in thy hand;{HR}And they sat down at thy feet,{HR}Each receive thy decisions.
 4{i}Moses commanded us a law,{HR}The inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.{HR}{/i}
 5{i}And he was king in Jeshurun,{HR}When the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together{/i}.
 6Let Reuben live and not die, and his men be few .
 7And this is for Judah; and he said,{HR}Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah,{HR}And bring him unto his people:{HR}Let his hands be numerous for him,{HR}And be thou an help from his adversaries.
 8And of Levi he said,{HR}Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy holy one,{HR}Whom thou didst prove at Massah,{HR}With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
 9Who said of his father and of his mother,{HR}I have not seen him;{HR}Neither did he acknowledge his brethren,{HR}Nor know his own children;{HR}For they kept thy word,{HR}And guarded thy covenant.
 10They shall teach thy judgments to Jacob,{HR}And thy law to Israel:{HR}They shall put incense before thee,{HR}And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar .
 11Bless, Jehovah, his force, and accept the work of his hands:{HR}Strike through the loins of those that rise up against him,{HR}And of those that hate him, that they rise not again.
 12Of Benjamin he said,{HR}The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell in safety by him;{HR}He shall harbour him all the day,{HR}And he shall dwell between his shoulders.
 13And of Joseph he said,{HR}Blessed of Jehovah be his land for the precious things of the heavens,{HR}For the dew and for the deep couching beneath,
 14And for the precious things brought forth by the sun,{HR}And for the precious things driven out by the moon,
 15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains,{HR}And for the precious things of the lasting hills,
 16And the good pleasure of him that dwelt in the bush:{HR}Let it come on the head of Joseph,{HR}And on the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
 17The first-born of his herd is honour to him,{HR}And his horns the horns of a buffalo:{HR}With them he shall push peoples together to the ends of the earth;{HR}And they are the myriads of Ephraim,{HR}And they are the thousands of Manasseh.
 18And of Zebulun he said,{HR}Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out;{HR}And, Issachar, in thy tents.
 19They shall call the peoples to the mountain;{HR}There they shall sacrifice sacrifices of righteousness;{HR}For they shall suck the abundance of the seas,{HR}Even treasures hidden in the sand.
 20And of Gad he said,{HR}Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad:{HR}He dwelleth as a lioness,{HR}And teareth the arm,{HR}Also the crown of the head.
 21And he provideth the first part for himself;{HR}For there is the portion covered for the lawgiver;{HR}And he came with the heads of the people;{HR}He did the righteousness of Jehovah,{HR}And his judgments with Israel.
 22And of Dan he said,{HR}Dan is a lion's whelp;{HR}He shall leap from Bashan.
 23And of Naphtali he said,{HR}O Naphtali, satisfied with good will,{HR}And full of the blessing of Jehovah,{HR}Possess thou the west and the south.
 24And of Asher he said,{HR}Asher, blessed among sons,{HR}Let him be acceptable to his brethren,{HR}And dip his foot in oil:
 25Thy shoes iron and copper;{HR}And thy strength as thy days.
 26There is none like the God of Jeshurun,{HR}Riding the heavens for thy help,{HR}And for his excellency the skies.
 27The God of ages is a refuge,{HR}And underneath the everlasting arms;{HR}And he shall drive away the enemy from thy presence,{HR}And say, Destroy!
 28Israel dwelleth in safety,{HR}The fountain of Jacob on a land of corn and new wine;{HR}His heavens also drop down dew.
 29Happy thou, O Israel: who is like thee,{HR}O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help,{HR}And who is the sword of thy excellency!{HR}And thy enemies shall lie to thee;{HR}And thou shalt tread on their high places. (Deut. 33:1‑29)
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Josh. 14:13• 13And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. (Josh. 14:13)
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Josh. 22:6• 6{i}And Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.{/i} (Josh. 22:6)
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Luke 2:34• 34And Simeon blessed them, {i}and{/i} said to Mary his mother, Lo, this [child] is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel; and for a sign spoken against (Luke 2:34)
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Luke 24:51• 51And it came to pass, while he was blessing them, he was separated from them, and was carried up into heaven. (Luke 24:51)
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Heb. 11:20• 20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. (Heb. 11:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and prepare me a savoury dish such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, in order that my soul may bless thee before I die.

W. Kelly Translation

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and make me savoury meat such as I love, and bring [it] to me that I may eat, in order that my soul may bless thee before I die.