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So he wentוַיֵּלֶךְand got themוַיִּקַּחand brought themוַיָּבֵאto his mother,לְאִמּוֹand his motherוַ אִמּוֹmadeתַּעַשׂtasty foodמַטְעַמִּיםsuch asכַּאֲשֶׁרhis fatherאָבִיוloved.אָהֵב
Genesis 27:14
Study it in the app“So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made tasty food such as his father loved.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:14, word by word
- So he wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- and got themיִּקַּחyikach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appears- and brought themיָּבֵאyave
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appears- to his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- madeתַּעַשׂtaas
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “taas” appears- tasty foodמַטְעַמִּיםmatamim
tasty food
Tasty food, a dish carefully prepared.
Where else “matamim” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- lovedאָהֵבahev
like
To like something.
Where else “ahev” appears
The context
13His mother said to him, “On me be your curse, my son; only listen to my voice, and go, get them for me.”
14 · This verse (above)
15Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.
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?