Genesis 25:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:19 : 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I [am] Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
  • Gen 27:4 : 4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
  • Gen 27:6-7 : 6 ¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
  • Gen 27:9 : 9 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:
  • Gen 27:25 : 25 And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, 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 27:31 : 31 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 27:4-7
    4 verses
    83%

    4And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

    5And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].

    6¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

    7Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.

  • Gen 25:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29¶ And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:

    30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

  • Gen 25:26-27
    2 verses
    79%

    26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them.

    27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.

  • Gen 27:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14And he went, and fetched, and brought [them] to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

    15And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which [were] with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

  • Gen 27:30-31
    2 verses
    78%

    30¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

    31And 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.

  • Gen 27:19
    77%

    19And Jacob said unto his father, I [am] Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

  • Gen 27:41-42
    2 verses
    76%

    41¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

    42And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.

  • Gen 27:25
    75%

    25And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, 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.

  • Rom 9:13
    74%

    13As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

  • Gen 27:33
    74%

    33And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he that hath taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed.

  • Gen 28:8
    74%

    8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

  • Gen 25:34
    74%

    34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright.

  • Gen 27:17
    73%

    17And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

  • Gen 27:22
    73%

    22And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.

  • Mal 1:2
    72%

    2I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

  • Gen 26:35
    72%

    35Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

  • Gen 28:5
    72%

    5And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.