Genesis 27:7

7 'Bring me some game and make some delicious food for me to eat so that I can bless you in the Lord's presence before I die.'

Genesis 27:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 27:7

Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat
Fetch him venison out of the field, and dress it in a savoury manner, and bring it to him: that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death;
the phrase "before the Lord" is here added, which yet perhaps might be expressed by Isaac, though before omitted by the historian, and has a very considerable emphasis in it; for this solemn blessing was given not only in the presence of the Lord, and before him as a witness, but by calling upon him, and praying for direction in it, and then pronouncing it in his name and by his authority, he approving of it, so that it was ever after irrevocable.

Genesis 27:7 In-Context

5 Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac said to his son Esau. So while Esau went to the field to hunt some game to bring in,

6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "Listen! I heard your father talking with your brother Esau. He said,

7 'Bring me some game and make some delicious food for me to eat so that I can bless you in the Lord's presence before I die.'

8 Now obey every order I give you, my son.

9 Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father-the kind he loves.