Genesis 27:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared a tasty meal, just the way his father liked it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ וַיִּקַּ֔ח וַיָּבֵ֖א לְאִמּ֑וֹ וַתַּ֤עַשׂ אִמּוֹ֙ מַטְעַמִּ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אָהֵ֥ב אָבִֽיו׃

Transliteration

And wayyēlekh and wayyiqqaḥ, and wayyābēʾ to his lĕʾimmô; and wattaʿaś his ʾimmô maṭʿammîm kaʾăšer ʾāhēb his ʾābîw.

Grammar Details

• *wayyēlekh*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went
• *wayyiqqaḥ*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took
• *wayyābēʾ*: waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he brought
• *lĕʾimmô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his mother
• *wattaʿaś*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she made
• *ʾimmô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother
• *maṭʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - savory food/tasty dishes
• *kaʾăšer*: conjunction - as/just as
• *ʾāhēb*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he loved/has loved
• *ʾābîw*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father

Word Meanings

• *wayyēlekh wayyiqqaḥ*: he went and took/he went to take
• *maṭʿammîm*: savory food/delicacies/tasty dishes
• *kaʾăšer ʾāhēb*: as he loved/according to what he liked/as he preferred

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he went, and got them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Iacob went ad fett them and brought them to his mother. And his mother made meate of them accordinge as his father loued

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So he wente his waye, and fetched it, and brought it vnto his mother. Then his mother made meate, acordinge as his father loued,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So he went and set them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made pleasant meat, such as his father loued.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Iacob went, and fet them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made pleasaunt meate, such as she knewe his father loued.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he went, and fetched, and brought [them] to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, `such' as his father hath loved;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother. And his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother. She prepared some tasty food, just the way his father loved it.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 25:28 : 28 Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed the game Esau brought, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
• Gen 27:4 : 4 Prepare for me a tasty meal, the kind I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat and bless you before I die.
• Gen 27:7 : 7 He said, 'Bring me some game and prepare a tasty meal for me, so that I may eat and bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.'
• Gen 27:9 : 9 Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can prepare a tasty meal for your father, just the way he loves it.
• Gen 27:17 : 17 Then she handed the tasty food and the bread she had prepared to her son Jacob.
• Gen 27:31 : 31 He too prepared a tasty meal and brought it to his father. And he said, 'My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.'
• Ps 141:4 : 4 Do not let my heart incline to an evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with those who do iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies.
• Prov 23:2-3 : 2 Place a knife to your throat if you are a person given to appetite. 3 Do not crave his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
• Luke 21:34 : 34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with indulgence, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.