KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.”
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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” | הוּא֙ | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | And he |
| “also” | גַּם | Properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | also |
| “had made” | וַיַּ֤עַשׂ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | made |
| “savoury meat,” | מַטְעַמִּ֔ים | A delicacy | savoury meat |
| “and brought it” | וַיָּבֵ֖א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | brought |
| “unto his father,” | לְאָבִ֑יו | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | father |
| “and said” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “unto his father,” | לְאָבִ֗יו | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | father |
| “Let my father” | אָבִי֙ | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | Let father |
| “arise,” | יָקֻ֤ם | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | arise |
| “and eat” | וְיֹאכַל֙ | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eat |
| “of his son's” | בְּנ֔וֹ | 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” | בַּֽעֲבֻ֖ר | Properly, crossed, i.e., (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that | that |
| “thy soul” | נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ | 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” | תְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּי | 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 |
| “me.” | תְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּי | 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) | me |
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29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
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