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Genesis 27:3
3So now, please take your [hunting] gear, your quiver [of arrows] and your bow, and go out into the open country and hunt game for me;
Genesis 27:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
- New International Version (NIV)Now then, get your equipment—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.
Context of Genesis 27:3
1Now when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his elder [and favorite] son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And Esau answered him, “Here I am.” 2Isaac said, “See here, I am old; I do not know when I may die. So now, please take your [hunting] gear, your quiver [of arrows] and your bow, and go out into the open country and hunt game for me; 4and make me a savory and delicious dish [of meat], the kind I love, and bring it to me to eat, so that my soul may bless you [as my firstborn son] before I die.” 5But Rebekah overheard what Isaac said to Esau his son; and when Esau had gone to the open country to hunt for game that he might bring back,
Read all of Genesis 27Genesis 27:3 word by word
וְעַתָּה֙ שָׂא־נָ֣א כֵלֶ֔יךָ תֶּלְיְךָ֖ וְקַשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ וְצֵא֙ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְצ֥וּדָה לִּ֖י צָֽיִד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Now therefore takeנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
- I pray thee, thy weaponsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
- thy quiverתְּלִיtelîy · quiverH8522
- and thy bowקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
- and go outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- to the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- and takeצוּדtsûd · to huntH6679
- venisonצֵידָהtsêydâh tsêdâh · provisionH6720
- venisonצַ֫יִדtsayid · wild gameH6718
Cross-references for Genesis 27:3
- Genesis 10:9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”
- Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau was an able and skilled hunter, a man of the outdoors, but Jacob was a quiet and peaceful man, living in tents.
- 1 Corinthians 6:12Everything is permissible for me, but not all things are beneficial. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be enslaved by anything [and brought under its power, allowing it to control me].
Commentaries on Genesis 27:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thy weapons - The original word כלי keley signifies vessels and instruments of any kind; and is probably used here for a hunting spear, javelin, sword, etc. Quiver - תלי teli, from תלה talah, to hang or suspend. Had not the Septuagint translated the word , and the Vulgate pharetram, a quiver, I should rather have supposed some kind of shield was meant; but either can be suspended on the arm or from the shoulder. Some think a sword is meant; and because…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-46Verses 1-46 - Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the paternal roof. The remaining forty-four years are passed in the retirement of old age. The chapter before us narrates the last solemn acts of the middle period of his life. Genesis 27:1-4 Isaac was old. - Joseph was in his thirtieth year when he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Like Esau, Isaac let his love of tasty food control his affections (compare 25:28–34).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim--He was in his hundred thirty-seventh year; and apprehending death to be near, Isaac prepared to make his last will--an act of the gravest importance, especially as it included the conveyance through a prophetic spirit of the patriarchal blessing.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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