^27:6Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau, ^27:7‘Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food. Then I will eat¹³ it and bless you¹⁴ in the presence of the Lord¹⁵ before I die.’ ^27:8Now then, my son, do¹⁶ exactly what I tell you!¹⁷^27:9Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare¹⁸ them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them. ^27:10Then you will take¹⁹ it to your father. Thus he will eat it²⁰ and²¹ bless you before he dies.”

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Footnotes

13 Following the imperative, the cohortative (with the prefixed conjunction) indicates purpose or result.
14 The cohortative, with the prefixed conjunction, also expresses logical sequence. See vv. 4, 19, 27.
15 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.
16 Heb “listen to my voice.” The Hebrew idiom means “to comply; to obey.”
17 Heb “to that which I am commanding you.”
18 Following the imperative, the cohortative (with the prefixed conjunction) indicates purpose or result.
19 The form is the perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive. It carries forward the tone of instruction initiated by the command to “go … and get” in the preceding verse.
20 The form is the perfect with the vav (ו) consecutive; it carries the future nuance of the preceding verbs of instruction, but by switching the subject to Jacob, indicates the expected result of the subterfuge.
21 Heb “so that.” The conjunction indicates purpose or result.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, ‘Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you before the Lord before I die.’ Now therefore, my son, obey my voice as I command you. Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats, so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father, such as he loves. And you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau, ‘Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die.’ Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you: Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it. Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Listen! I heard your father talking with your brother Esau. He said, ‘Bring me game and make a delicious meal for me to eat so that I can bless you in the Lord’s presence before I die.’ Now, my son, listen to me and do what I tell you. Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father—the kind he loves. Then take it to your father to eat so that he may bless you before he dies.”

NLTNew Living Translation

she said to her son Jacob, “Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau, ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the Lord’s presence before I die.’ Now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you. Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish. Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Rebekah said to Jacob her son, “Look, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother saying, ‘Bring wild game to me and prepare tasty food so I can eat it and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’ So now, my son, listen to my voice, to what I command you. Go to the flock and take two good young goats from it for me, and I will prepare them as tasty food for your father, just as he likes. Then you must take it to your father and he will eat it so that he may bless you before his death.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 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: 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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