- Bible
- Genesis
- Chapter 27
- Verse 4
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
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Gill's Exposition
And make me savoury meat, such as I love,.... For, though he had lost his sight, he had not lost his taste, nor his appetite for savoury food:
and bring it to me, that I may eat; this, was enjoined…
- Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the…
Adam Clarke
Savory meat - מטעמים matammim, from טעם taam, to taste or relish; how dressed we know not, but its name declares its nature.
That I may eat - The blessing which Isaac was to confer on his son was a…
Here is, I. Isaac's design to make his will, and to declare Esau his heir. The promise of the Messiah and the land of Canaan was a great trust, first committed to Abraham, inclusive and typical of…
Cambridge Bible
that my soul may bless thee Cf. 19, 25, 31. See note on Gen 12:13. A sacrificial meal is not intended. The strengthening food is from the chase, not the flesh of domestic animals.
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