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Then you will bring itוְהֵבֵאתָto your father,לְאָבִיךָand he will eat,וְאָכָלso thatבַּעֲבֻר אֲשֶׁרhe may bless youיְבָרֶכְךָbeforeלִפְנֵיhis death.”מוֹתוֹ
Genesis 27:10
Study it in the app“Then you will bring it to your father, and he will eat, so that he may bless you before his death.””
Rebekah tells Jacob to take the meal to his father to receive the blessingParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:10, word by word
- Then you will bring itהֵבֵאתָheveta
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heveta” appears- to your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and he will eatאָכָלachal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achal” appears- he may bless youיְבָרֶכְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- his deathמוֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears
The context
9Go, please, to the flock and get me from there two good young goats, and I will make them into tasty food for your father, such as he loves.
10 · This verse (above)
11Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
To study Genesis 27 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob receive Isaac’s blessing, and how did Esau react (vv. 18-34)?
2. What it means
What consequences did Jacob’s deceiving his father bring to the family (vv. 41-45)?
3. How I live it
How can you pursue what you need without resorting to deception?