Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 27:7

"Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death." — Genesis 27:7 (ASV)

Before the Lord (Jehovah) — Rebekah has been accused of inserting words which Isaac had not used; but it is unreasonable to suppose that more is recorded of Isaac’s address to his son than the main sense. Still, these words had a meaning to Jacob which they did not bear to Esau. The latter cared for his father’s blessing, partly from natural affection, but chiefly because of the temporal benefits connected with it. To Jacob its value consisted in the covenant between Jehovah and the family of Abraham.