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Genesis 27:8 KJV
Genesis · chapter 27 · verse 8
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.Genesis 27:8 · King James Version
Genesis 27:8 in context
6And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
9Go 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:
10And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- obeyshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Rebekah is here contriving to procure for Jacob the blessing which was designed for Esau; and here, I. The end was good, for she was directed in this intention by the oracle of God, by which she had been governed in dispensing her affections. God had said it should be so, that the elder should serve the younger;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-17