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So now,וְעַתָּהmy son,בְנִיlistenשְׁמַעto my voiceבְּקֹלִיin whatלַאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיcommandמְצַוָּהyou.אֹתָךְ
Genesis 27:8
Study it in the app“So now, my son, listen to my voice in what I command you.”
Rebekah tells Jacob to take the meal to his father to receive the blessingParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:8, word by word
- my sonבְנִveni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appears- listenשְׁמַעshema
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shema” appears- to my voiceקֹלִkoli
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “koli” appears- commandמְצַוָּהmetsava
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsava” appears
The context
7‘Bring me game and make me tasty food, so that I may eat and bless you before YHWH before my death.’
8 · This verse (above)
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.
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?