Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Genesis 27:7

Context
NETBible

‘Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food. Then I will eat 1  it and bless you 2  in the presence of the Lord 3  before I die.’

XREF

De 33:1; Jos 6:26; 1Sa 24:19

NET © Notes

tn Following the imperative, the cohortative (with the prefixed conjunction) indicates purpose or result.

tn The cohortative, with the prefixed conjunction, also expresses logical sequence. See vv. 4, 19, 27.

tn In her report to Jacob, Rebekah plays down Isaac’s strong desire to bless Esau by leaving out נַפְשִׁי (nafshi, “my soul”), but by adding the phrase “in the presence of the Lord,” she stresses how serious this matter is.



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