Genesis 27:14

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.

📖 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
• Gen 27:4 : 4 And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.
• Gen 27:7 : 7 Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before the LORD before my death.
• Gen 27:9 : 9 Go now to the flock, and bring me from there two good young goats; and I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves:
• Gen 27:17 : 17 And she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
• Gen 27:31 : 31 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.
• Ps 141:4 : 4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with those who do iniquity; and let me not eat of their delicacies.
• Prov 23:2-3 : 2 And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite. 3 Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
• Luke 21:34 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be burdened with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unexpectedly.