Genesis 27:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:13 : 13 So his mother told him,“Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!”
  • Gen 27:43 : 43 Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran.
  • Acts 4:19 : 19 But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people.
  • Eph 6:1 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
  • Gen 25:23 : 23 and the LORD said to her,“Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 27:9-10
    2 verses
    83%

    9 Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them.

    10 Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies.”

  • Gen 27:3-7
    5 verses
    78%

    3 Therefore, take your weapons– your quiver and your bow– and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game for me.

    4 Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die.”

    5 Now Rebekah had been listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau went out to the open fields to hunt down some wild game and bring it back,

    6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob,“Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau,

    7 ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food. Then I will eat it and bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’

  • 13 So his mother told him,“Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!”

  • 32 “So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • 43 Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran.

  • 24 So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

  • 8 Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • Gen 27:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18 He went to his father and said,“My father!” Isaac replied,“Here I am. Which are you, my son?”

    19 Jacob said to his father,“I am Esau, your firstborn. I’ve done as you told me. Now sit up and eat some of my wild game so that you can bless me.”

    20 But Isaac asked his son,“How in the world did you find it so quickly, my son?”“Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.

  • 26 Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

  • 7 So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

  • 1 Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

  • 1 Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.

  • 1 Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

  • 10 You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”

  • 1 Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him,“My son!”“Here I am!” Esau replied.

  • 20 My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

  • Gen 27:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31 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.”

    32 His father Isaac asked,“Who are you?”“I am your firstborn son,” he replied,“Esau!”

  • 20 My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

  • 1 Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,

  • 11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.

  • Gen 27:25-26
    2 verses
    74%

    25 Isaac said,“Bring some of the wild game for me to eat, my son. Then I will bless you.” So Jacob brought it to him, and he ate it. He also brought him wine, and Isaac drank.

    26 Then his father Isaac said to him,“Come here and kiss me, my son.”

  • 1 Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

  • 19 Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • 18 If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

  • 11 “Now, my son, may the LORD be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the LORD your God, just as he announced you would.

  • 28 You didn’t even allow me to kiss my daughters and my grandchildren goodbye. You have acted foolishly!

  • 2 God said,“Take your son– your only son, whom you love, Isaac– and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”

  • 23 and I said to you,‘Let my son go that he may serve me,’ but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!”’”

  • 28 Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

  • 30 “So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.

  • 7 Isaac said to his father Abraham,“My father?”“What is it, my son?” he replied.“Here is the fire and the wood,” Isaac said,“but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

  • 3 When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

  • 22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • 15 My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;