KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 27:33 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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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| 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 Isaac” | יִצְחָ֣ק | Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham | Isaac |
| “trembled” | וַיֶּֽחֱרַ֨ד | To shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety) | trembled |
| “very” | גְּדֹלָ֣ה | Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent | very |
| “exceedingly,” | חֲרָדָה֮ | Fear, anxiety | exceedingly |
| “and said,” | וַיֹּ֡אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Who?” | מִֽי | Who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | Who |
| “where” | אֵפ֡וֹא | Strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or then | where |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “he” | ה֣וּא | 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 | he |
| “that hath taken” | הַצָּֽד | To lie alongside (i.e., in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men) | taken |
| “venison,” | צַיִד֩ | The chase; also game (thus taken) | venison |
| “and brought” | וַיָּ֨בֵא | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | brought |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “me, and I have eaten” | וָֽאֹכַ֥ל | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eaten |
| “of all” | מִכֹּ֛ל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “before” | בְּטֶ֥רֶם | Properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before | before |
| “thou camest,” | תָּב֖וֹא | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | camest |
| “and have blessed” | וָאֲבָרֲכֵ֑הוּ | 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) | blessed |
| “him? yea,” | גַּם | Properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | yea |
| “and” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “he shall be” | יִֽהְיֶֽה׃ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | he shall be |
| “blessed.” | בָּר֖וּךְ | 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) | blessed |
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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.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
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