Genesis 27:8

8 nunc ergo fili mi adquiesce consiliis meis

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 dixit filio suo Iacob audivi patrem tuum loquentem cum Esau fratre tuo et dicentem ei

7 adfer mihi venationem tuam et fac cibos ut comedam et benedicam tibi coram Domino antequam moriar

8 nunc ergo fili mi adquiesce consiliis meis

9 et pergens ad gregem adfer mihi duos hedos optimos ut faciam ex eis escas patri tuo quibus libenter vescitur

10 quas cum intuleris et comederit benedicat tibi priusquam moriatur