Genesis 27:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 27:8

6 So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

7 ‘Bring me game and make¹ savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’

8 Now therefore, my son, ^aobey my voice according to what I command you.

9 Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make ^asavory food from them for your father, such as he loves.

10 Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he ^amay bless you before his death.”

11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, ^aEsau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.

12 Perhaps my father will ^afeel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring ^ba curse on myself and not a blessing.”

13 But his mother said to him, ^a“Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”

Verse Comparison: Genesis 27:8

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American Standard Version
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

Amplified® Bible
So now, my son, do exactly as I command you.

Contemporary English Version
Now, my son, listen carefully to what I want you to do.

Darby English Version
And now, my son, hearken to my voice in that which I command thee.

Good News Bible
Now, son," Rebecca continued, "listen to me and do what I say.

King James Version
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

New American Standard Bible
"Now therefore, my son, listen to me as I command you.

New International Version
Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you:

New King James Version
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now therefore, my son, listen to me as I command you.

Revised Standard Version
Now therefore, my son, obey my word as I command you.

Young's Literal Translation
`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:

New English Translation
Now then, my son, do¹ exactly what I tell you!²

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