Genesis 27:7

‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Rebekah instructs her son Jacob to prepare a savory meal of wild game for her husband Isaac. She issues this command immediately after overhearing Isaac’s plan to publicly bless Esau before his death.

The words — The Hebrew צַיִד (tsayid) means wild game, and מַטְעַמִּים (mat‘ammîm) denotes savory or choice foods. These terms specify the exact physical provision required before the spoken blessing is delivered.

The thread — The pattern of a patriarch pronouncing a final blessing before death runs through Deut 33:1 and Josh 6:26, where solemn utterances are tied to imminent mortality and invoked before the LORD.

Why it lands — The text establishes that the blessing is contingent on a concrete, preparatory act. It requires the reader to observe how covenantal authority is mediated through immediate, physical obedience rather than abstract declaration.

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The Hebrew words

הָבִ֨יאָהha.Vi.'a/hbring/ !לִּ֥יl/ito <the>/ meצַ֛יִדTza.yidwild game וַעֲשֵׂה־va./'a.seh-and/ prepareלִ֥יl/ifor <the>/ meמַטְעַמִּ֖יםmat.'a.Mimsavory food<s>וְאֹכֵ֑לָהve./'o.Khe.lahso/ let me eat [it]וַאֲבָרֶכְכָ֛הva./'a.va.rekh./Khahso/ I may bless/ you לִפְנֵ֥יli/f.Nei<to>/ before יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh לִפְנֵ֥יli/f.Nei<to>/ before מוֹתִֽי׃mo.T/ideath/ my

King James Version

Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.

Cross-references

Joshua 6:26 At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
Deuteronomy 33:1 This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
1 Samuel 24:19 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.