Genesis 27:31

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And he also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, so that your soul may bless me.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And had made also meate and brought it in vnto his father and sayde vnto him: Aryse my father and eate of thy sonnes venyson that thy soule maye blesse me.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and made meate also, and brought it vnto his father, and sayde vnto him: Aryse my father, and eate of yi sonnes venyson, that thy soule maye blesse me.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And hee also prepared sauourie meate and brought it to his father, and sayd vnto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his sonnes venison, that thy soule may blesse me.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he also had made a pleasaunt meate, and brought it vnto his father, and saide vnto his father: let my father aryse, and eate of his sonnes venison, that thy soule may blesse me.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and he also maketh tasteful things, and bringeth to his father, and saith to his father, `Let my father arise, and eat of his son's provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father. And he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau said to him,“My father, get up and eat some of your son’s wild game. Then you can bless me.”

Referenced Verses

  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 27:17-20
    4 verses
    90%

    17Then she handed the tasty food and the bread she had prepared to her son Jacob.

    18Jacob went to his father and said, 'My father.' And Isaac said, 'Here I am. Who are you, my son?'

    19Jacob said to his father, 'I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.'

    20Isaac asked his son, 'How did you find it so quickly, my son?' 'Because the LORD your God brought it to me,' Jacob replied.

  • Gen 27:24-27
    4 verses
    90%

    24'Are you really my son Esau?' he asked. 'I am,' Jacob replied.

    25Then Isaac said, 'Bring it to me so I may eat my son’s game and bless you.' So Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

    26Then Isaac, his father, said to him, 'Come near now, and kiss me, my son.'

    27So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled the scent of his garments, he blessed him and said, 'See, the scent of my son is like the scent of a field that the LORD has blessed.'

  • Gen 27:3-7
    5 verses
    86%

    3Now then, please take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.

    4Prepare 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.

    5Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau went out into the field to hunt game and bring it back,

    6Rebekah said to her son Jacob, 'Look, I overheard your father speaking to your brother Esau.'

    7He 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 27:9-10
    2 verses
    86%

    9Go 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.

    10Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.

  • Gen 27:30
    85%

    30As soon as Isaac finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from his hunting.

  • Gen 27:32-39
    8 verses
    84%

    32His father Isaac asked him, 'Who are you?' He replied, 'I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.'

    33Isaac trembled violently and said, 'Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came in, and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!'

    34When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, 'Bless me—me too, my father!'.

    35But Isaac said, 'Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.'

    36Esau said, 'Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice: He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing!' Then he asked, 'Haven't you reserved any blessing for me?'

    37Isaac answered Esau, 'Behold, I have made him lord over you and have given him all his brothers as servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?'

    38Esau said to his father, 'Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!' Then Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

    39His father Isaac answered him, 'Your dwelling will be away from the richness of the earth and away from the dew of heaven above.'

  • Gen 27:14
    82%

    14So 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.

  • Gen 25:28-30
    3 verses
    78%

    28Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed the game Esau brought, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

    29One day when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, exhausted.

    30Esau said to Jacob, 'Let me gulp down some of that red stew, for I am exhausted.' This is why he was also called Edom.

  • Gen 27:41
    76%

    41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, 'The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.'

  • Gen 25:34
    75%

    34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. Esau ate, drank, got up, and went on his way. So Esau despised his birthright.