Genesis 25:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.”
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“Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: and Rebekah loved Jacob.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Isaac loveth Esau, for <FI>his<Fi> hunting <FI>is<Fi> in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 25:28 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 27:3Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
- Genesis 27:4Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
- Genesis 27:6Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
- Genesis 27:9Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.
- Genesis 27:14So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
- Genesis 27:19Jacob 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.”
- Genesis 27:25“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
- Genesis 27:31He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
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