Genesis 27:8

8 So now, my son, listen to my voice, to what I command you.

Genesis 27:8 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 27:8

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice
Hearken to what I am about to say, and do according to that which I command thee, in every particular;
she required of him filial obedience to all that she enjoined him; which, though not difficult to be performed, she was aware Jacob would make objections to, as he did; and therefore she is so pressing and peremptory in her injunctions, as well knowing it was respecting an affair of the greatest moment and importance.

Genesis 27:8 In-Context

6 Rebekah said to Jacob her son, "Look, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother saying,

7 'Bring wild game to me and prepare tasty food so I can eat [it] and bless you before Yahweh before my death.'

8 So now, my son, listen to my voice, to what I command you.

9 Go to the flock and take two good young goats from it for me, and I will prepare them [as] tasty food for your father, just as he likes.

10 Then you must take it to your father and he will eat [it] so that he may bless you before his death."