King James Version

Genesis 27:10

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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וְהֵבֵאתָ֥vehevetaand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, a completed action in a sequenceH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…לְאָבִ֖יךָleavikhato fatherאָבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.וְאָכָ֑לveakhaland eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and eat”, a completed action in a sequenceH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.בַּעֲבֻ֛רbaavurin thatעָבוּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in that”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5668properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order thatbecause of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…יְבָרֶכְךָ֖yevarekhkhablessבָרַךְverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bless”, an unfinished actionH1288to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)[idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.לִפְנֵ֥יlifneto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…מוֹתֽוֹmotvodeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dead”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.

Young’s Literal Translation

and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death.

World English Bible

You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

Darby Translation

And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, in order that he may bless thee before his death.

Douay-Rheims

Which when thou hast brought in, and he hath eaten, he may bless thee before he die.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt bring them in to thy father, and he shall eat, that thy father may bless thee before he dies.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἰσοίσεις τῷ πατρί σου, καὶ φάγεται, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ σε ὁ πατήρ σου πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν αὐτόν.