Genèse 27:25

25 Alors il dit: Sers-moi, que je mange de la chasse de mon fils, pour que mon âme te bénisse. Et il le servit, et il mangea. Il lui apporta aussi du vin, et il but.

Genèse 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.

Genèse 27:25 In-Context

23 Il ne le reconnut pas; car ses mains étaient velues, comme les mains d'Ésaü, son frère; et il le bénit.
24 Et il dit: C'est toi qui es mon fils Ésaü? Et il répondit: C'est moi.
25 Alors il dit: Sers-moi, que je mange de la chasse de mon fils, pour que mon âme te bénisse. Et il le servit, et il mangea. Il lui apporta aussi du vin, et il but.
26 Puis Isaac, son père, lui dit: Approche, et baise-moi, mon fils.
27 Et il s'approcha, et le baisa. Et Isaac sentit l'odeur de ses habits, et il le bénit, et dit: Voici, l'odeur de mon fils est comme l'odeur d'un champ que l'Éternel a béni.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.