Genesis 27:31

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He 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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BSBPD

“He 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.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 27:31 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.”
  2. Genesis 27:14So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.

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