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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 27, Verse 7

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And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
King James Version
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
American Standard Version
Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
New English Translation
‘Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food. Then I will eat it and bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’
World English Bible
'Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.'
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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
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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:
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And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
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And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man:
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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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And his mother said unto him, Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me [them].
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And he went, and fetched, and brought [them] to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
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And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which [were] with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
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And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
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And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.