Text -- Genesis 27:7 (NET)

27:7 ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food. Then I will eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.’

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 27:7

¹ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative (with the prefixed conjunction) indicates purpose or result.

² tn The cohortative, with the prefixed conjunction, also expresses logical sequence. See vv. 4, 19, 27.

³ 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.