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Go,לֶךְplease,נָאto the flockאֶל הַצֹּאןand getוְקַחmeלִיfrom thereמִשָּׁםtwoשְׁנֵיgoodטֹבִיםyoung goats,גְּדָיֵי עִזִּיםand I will makeוְאֶעֱשֶׂהthemאֹתָםinto tasty foodמַטְעַמִּיםfor your father,לְאָבִיךָsuch asכַּאֲשֶׁרhe loves.אָהֵב
Genesis 27:9
Study it in the app“Go, 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.”
Rebekah tells Jacob to take the meal to his father to receive the blessingParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:9, word by word
- Goלֶךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- to the flockצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- and getקַחkach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kach” appears- twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- goodטֹבִיםtovim
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovim” appears- young goatsגְּדָיֵיgedaye
young goat
Young goat, kid.
Where else “gedaye” appears- young goatsעִזִּיםizim
goat
The female of the goat flock, used for milk and hair.
Where else “izim” appears- and I will makeאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
make
To build or create something.
Where else “eese” appears- into tasty foodמַטְעַמִּיםmatamim
tasty food
Tasty food, a dish carefully prepared.
Where else “matamim” appears- for your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- he lovesאָהֵבahev
like
To like something.
Where else “ahev” appears
The context
8So now, my son, listen to my voice in what I command you.
9 · This verse (above)
10Then you will bring it to your father, and he will eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”
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?