Genesis 27:25

25 Then he said, “Bring it near to me, ¹that I may eat of my son’s game and bless you. ” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

Genesis 27:25 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 27:25

And he said, bring [it] near to me
Being in a good measure satisfied that it must be Esau that was with him, he agreed that he should set his savoury meat before him he had prepared and brought to him: and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee;
this showed that as yet he had not blessed him, at least that the main and principal blessing was yet to come: and he brought [it] near to him, and he did eat;
set it on a table before him, and guided his hands to it, or fed him with it, and he made a meal of it: and he brought him wine, and he drank;
and so was comfortably refreshed, and in a good temper and disposition of mind to confer the blessing.

Genesis 27:25 In-Context

23 And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

24 He said, “Are you really my son Esau? ” He answered, “I am. ”

25 Then he said, “Bring it near to me, that I may eat of my son’s game and bless you. ” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son. ”

27 So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed!

Cross References

• 1. 27:25 ver. 10