KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 27:25 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.”
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| 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 he said,” | וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Bring near” | הַגִּ֤שָׁה | To be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back | Bring near |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “to me, and I will eat” | וְאֹֽכְלָה֙ | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eat |
| “of my son's” | בְּנִ֔י | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
| “venison,” | מִצֵּ֣יד | The chase; also game (thus taken) | venison |
| “that” | לְמַ֥עַן | Properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that | that |
| “my soul” | נַפְשִׁ֑י | Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) | soul |
| “may bless” | תְּבָֽרֶכְךָ֖ | 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. And he brought near” | וַיַּגֶּשׁ | To be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back | brought near |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “to him, and he did eat:” | וַיֹּאכַ֔ל | To eat (literally or figuratively) | did eat |
| “and he brought” | וַיָּ֧בֵא | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | brought |
| “him wine,” | יַ֖יִן | Wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication | wine |
| “and he drank.” | וַיֵּֽשְׁתְּ׃ | To imbibe (literally or figuratively) | drank |
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23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
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