These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Genesis 27
Tanakh 46 verses
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And it came to pass, that when was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called his elder son, and said unto him: ‘My son’; and he said unto him: ‘Here am I.’
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And he said: ‘Behold now, I am old, I not the day of my death.
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison;
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- 4 and make me savoury food, such as I , and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my may thee before I die.’
- 5 And heard when spoke to his son. And went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
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And spoke unto her son, saying: ‘Behold, I heard thy father speak unto thy brother, saying:
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Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and thee before before my death.
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Now therefore, my son, hearken to 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 food for thy father, such as he loveth;
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- 10 and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may thee before his death.’
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And said to his mother: ‘Behold, my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
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- 12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a mocker; and I shall bring a upon me, and not a .’
- 13 And his mother said unto him: ‘Upon me be thy , my son; only hearken to 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 food, such as his father loved.
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And took the choicest garments of her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon her younger son.
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- 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.
- 17 And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son .
- 18 And he came unto his father, and said: ‘My father’; and he said: ‘Here am I; who art thou, my son?’
- 19 And said unto his father: ‘I am thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy may me.’
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And said unto his son: ‘How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?’ And he said: ‘Because thy sent me good speed.’
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And said unto : ‘Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son or not.’
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- 22 And went near unto his father; and he felt him, and said: ‘The voice is the voice of , but the hands are the hands of .’
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And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
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- 24 And he said: ‘Art thou my very son ?’ And he said: ‘I am.’
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And he said: ‘Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my may thee.’ And he brought it near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
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- 26 And his father said unto him: ‘Come near now, and kiss me, my son.’
- 27 And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said: See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which hath blessed.
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So give thee of the dew of , And of the fat places of the earth, And plenty of corn and wine.
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Deuteronomy 33:28 Deuteronomy 33:13 Genesis 27:39 Deuteronomy 7:13 Joel 2:19 2 Samuel 1:21 Genesis 45:18 Psalm 104:15 Hebrews 11:20 1 Kings 17:1 Deuteronomy 32:2 Deuteronomy 8:7-9 Genesis 49:20 Jeremiah 14:22 Deuteronomy 11:11-12 Psalm 133:3 1 Kings 5:11 Zechariah 8:12 Psalm 65:9-13 Numbers 13:20 Joshua 5:6 Isaiah 45:8 Micah 5:7 2 Chronicles 2:10 Zechariah 9:17 Psalm 36:8 Romans 11:17 Hosea 14:5-7 Numbers 18:12 -
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Let peoples thee, And nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.
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Genesis 12:3 Numbers 24:9 Genesis 9:25-26 Genesis 27:37 Romans 9:12 Numbers 23:8 Psalm 2:6-9 1 Kings 22:47 1 Chronicles 5:2 Matthew 25:40 Psalm 60:1-12 Zephaniah 2:8-9 Genesis 49:8-10 1 Kings 11:15-16 2 Samuel 10:1-19 Daniel 2:44-45 Genesis 22:17-18 Isaiah 45:14 Genesis 25:33 Malachi 1:2-5 2 Samuel 8:1-18 Isaiah 63:1-6 Genesis 37:7 Isaiah 49:7 Isaiah 49:23 1 Kings 4:21 Numbers 22:11-12 Matthew 25:45 2 Chronicles 25:11-14 Genesis 25:22-23 Isaiah 9:7 Revelation 19:16 Psalm 72:8 - 30 And it came to pass, as soon as had made an end of , and was yet scarce gone out from the presence of his father, that his brother came in from his hunting.
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And he also made savoury food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father: ‘Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy may me.’
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And his father said unto him: ‘Who art thou?’ And he said: ‘I am thy son, thy first-born, .’
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And trembled very exceedingly, and said: ‘Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.’
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When heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father: ‘Bless me, even me also, O my father.’
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And he said: ‘Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy .’
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And he said: ‘Is not he rightly named ? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my .’ And he said: ‘Hast thou not reserved a for me?’
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And answered and said unto : ‘Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son?’
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And said unto his father: ‘Hast thou but one , my father? me, even me also, O my father.’ And lifted up his voice, and wept.
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And his father answered and said unto him: Behold, of the fat places of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of from above;
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- 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, And thou shalt thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.
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And hated because of the wherewith his father blessed him. And said in his : ‘Let the days of mourning for my father be at hand; then will I slay my brother .’
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Genesis 37:4 1 John 3:12-15 Genesis 50:3-4 Genesis 32:6 Genesis 37:8 Amos 1:11-12 Psalm 37:12-13 Psalm 140:4-5 Genesis 35:29 Psalm 35:14 Proverbs 6:14 Genesis 4:2-8 2 Chronicles 35:24 Psalm 142:3 Titus 1:15-16 Titus 3:3 Genesis 32:11 Psalm 37:16 Proverbs 1:12-13 Obadiah 1:10-14 Deuteronomy 34:8 Ezekiel 25:12-15 Ecclesiastes 7:9 Proverbs 1:16 2 Samuel 13:28-29 Genesis 50:10-11 Ephesians 4:26-27 Ezekiel 35:5 -
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And the words of her elder son were told to ; and she sent and called her younger son, and said unto him: ‘Behold, thy brother , as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
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- 43 Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
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and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;
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until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him; then I will send, and fetch thee from thence; why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?’
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And said to : ‘I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?’
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