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Genesis 27

Gen. 27:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And make
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
me savory meat
mat`am (Hebrew #4303)
from 2938; a delicacy
KJV usage: dainty (meat), savoury meat.
Pronounce: mat-am'
Origin: or (feminine) matiammah {mat-am-maw'}
, such as
'aher (Hebrew #834)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
KJV usage: X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
Pronounce: ash-er'
Origin: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number)
I love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
, and bring
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
it to me, that I may eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
; that my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
t may bless
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
thee before
terem (Hebrew #2962)
properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before
KJV usage: before, ere, not yet.
Pronounce: teh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend
I die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
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Gen. 27:25• 25And he said, Bring it near to me, that I may eat of my son's venison, in order that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank. (Gen. 27:25)
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Gen. 48:9• 9And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, that I may bless them. (Gen. 48:9)
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Gen. 49:28• 28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he blessed them: every one according to his blessing he blessed them. (Gen. 49:28)
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Deut. 33:1• 1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. (Deut. 33:1)

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that I may eat.The blessing, says Dr. A. Clarke, which Isaac was to confer on his son, was a species of divine right, and must be communicated with appropriate ceremonies.
As eating and drinking were used among the Asiatics on almost all religious occasions, and especially in making and confirming covenants, it is reasonable to suppose, that something of this kind was essentially necessary on this occasion; and that Isaac could not convey the right, till he had eaten of the meat provided for the purpose by him who was to receive the blessing.that my.
Gen. 27:7,23,25,27• 7Bring me venison, and prepare me a savoury dish, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah, before my death.
 23And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.
 25And he said, Bring it near to me, that I may eat of my son's venison, in order that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
 27And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelt the smell of his clothes, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed. (Gen. 27:7,23,25,27)
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Gen. 14:19• 19And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High *God, possessor of heavens and earth. (Gen. 14:19)
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Gen. 24:60• 60And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; mayest thou become thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of their enemies! (Gen. 24:60)
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Gen. 28:3• 3And the Almighty *God bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company of peoples. (Gen. 28:3)
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Gen. 48:9,15‑20• 9And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, that I may bless them.
 15And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God that shepherded me all my life long to this day,
 16the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the land!
 17When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
 18And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.
 19But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people, and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become the fulness of nations.
 20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh! And he set Ephraim before Manasseh. (Gen. 48:9,15‑20)
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Gen. 49:28• 28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he blessed them: every one according to his blessing he blessed them. (Gen. 49:28)
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Lev. 9:22‑23• 22And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and came down after the offering of the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offering.
 23And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out and blessed the people; and the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the people. (Lev. 9:22‑23)
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Deut. 33:1‑29• 1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
 2And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose up from Seir unto them; He shone forth from mount Paran, And he came from the myriads of the sanctuary; From his right hand went forth a law of fire for them.
 3Yea, he loveth the peoples, All his saints are in thy hand, And they sit down at thy feet; Each receiveth of thy words.
 4Moses commanded us a law, The inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
 5And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people And the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
 6Let Reuben live, and not die; And let his men be few.
 7And this of Judah; and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And bring him unto his people; May his hands strive for them; And be thou a help to him against his oppressors.
 8And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
 9Who said to his father and to his mother, I see him not, And he acknowledged not his brethren, And knew not his own children; For they have observed thy word, And kept thy covenant.
 10They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thy nostrils, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.
 11Bless, Jehovah, his substance! And let the work of his hands please thee; Crush the loins of his adversaries, And of them that hate him, that they may never rise again!
 12Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Jehovah,--he shall dwell in safety by him; He will cover him all the day long, And dwell between his shoulders.
 13And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land! By the precious things of the heavens, By the dew, and by the deep that lieth beneath,
 14And by the precious fruits of the sun, And by the precious things put forth by the months,
 15And by the best things of the ancient mountains, And by the precious things of the everlasting hills,
 16And by the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof. And let the good will of him that dwelt in the bush Come upon the head of Joseph, Upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
 17His majesty is as the firstling of his ox; And his horns are as the horns of a buffalo. With them shall he push the peoples Together to the ends of the earth. These are the myriads of Ephraim, And these are the thousands of Manasseh.
 18And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; And thou, Issachar, in thy tents!
 19They shall invite the peoples to the mountain; There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness; For they will suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand.
 20And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad! As a lion doth he dwell, and teareth the arm, even the top of the head.
 21And he provided the first part for himself, For there was reserved the portion of the lawgiver; And he came with the heads of the people; The justice of Jehovah and his judgments Hath he executed with Israel.
 22And of Dan he said, Dan is a young lion; He shall spring forth from Bashan.
 23And of Naphtali he said, Naphtali, satisfied with favour, And full of the blessing of Jehovah, Possess thou the west and the south.
 24And of Asher he said, Asher shall be blessed with sons; Let him be acceptable to his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil.
 25Iron and brass shall be thy bolts; And thy rest as thy days.
 26There is none like unto the *God of Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens to thy help, And in his majesty, upon the clouds.
 27Thy refuge is the God of old, And underneath are the eternal arms; And he shall drive out the enemy from before thee, And shall say, Destroy them!
 28And Israel shall dwell in safety alone, The fountain of Jacob, in a land of corn and new wine; Also his heavens shall drop down dew.
 29Happy art thou, Israel! Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thine excellency? And thine enemies shall come cringing to thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places. (Deut. 33:1‑29)
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Josh. 14:13• 13And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. (Josh. 14:13)
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Josh. 22:6• 6And Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents. (Josh. 22:6)
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Luke 2:34• 34And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo, this child is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against; (Luke 2:34)
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Luke 24:51• 51And it came to pass as he was blessing them, he was separated from them and was carried up into heaven. (Luke 24:51)
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Heb. 11:20• 20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. (Heb. 11:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and prepare me a savoury dish such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, in order that my soul may bless thee before I die.