Genesis 27:7

7 "Bring me game, and prepare for me savory food to eat, that I may bless you before the Lord 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 when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it,

6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "I heard your father say to your brother Esau,

7 "Bring me game, and prepare for me savory food to eat, that I may bless you before the Lord before I die.'

8 Now therefore, my son, obey my word as I command you.

9 Go to the flock, and get me two choice kids, so that I may prepare from them savory food for your father, such as he likes;