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Genesis 27:8

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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
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  1. Ephesians 6:1Rank 1 from verse 8
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    1CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

  2. Acts 5:29Rank 2 from verse 8
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    29¶ Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

  3. Genesis 27:13Rank 3 from verse 8
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    13And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

  4. Acts 4:19Rank 4 from verse 8
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    19But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

  5. Genesis 25:23Rank 5 from verse 8
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    23And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

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Genesis 27:8

COMBINED MEANING

son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

obey

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To hear with submission and do what is commanded; to comply with authority or instruction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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command

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Sense 1: To order or direct with authority. Sense 2: An authoritative order, charge, or commandment.

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27:6¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

27:7Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.

27:8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

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27:9Go 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:

27:10And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

27:11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

27:12My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

27:13And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

27:14And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

27:15And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

27:16And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

27:17And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

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