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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 27, Verse 9

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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
King James Version
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:
American Standard Version
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth:
New English Translation
Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them.
World English Bible
Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good young goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
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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.
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And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my son?
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And Jacob said unto his father, I [am] Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.