KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 27:10 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And thou shalt bring” | וְהֵֽבֵאתָ֥ | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | bring |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “to thy father,” | לְאָבִ֖יךָ | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | father |
| “that he may eat,” | וְאָכָ֑ל | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eat |
| “and that” | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | and that |
| “he may bless” | יְבָֽרֶכְךָ֖ | To kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) | bless |
| “thee before” | לִפְנֵ֥י | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
| “his death.” | מוֹתֽוֹ׃ | Death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin | death |
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8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
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