Now then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me;
Parallel translations
- WEB Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.
- 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;
- BSB Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
- NKJV Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.
- NLT Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
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Quick answer
Isaac tells Esau to hunt and bring him wild game.
Overview
Isaac sends Esau out to hunt, reflecting his fondness for Esau and for the savory food he provided (25:28). The instruction ties the blessing to a special meal, a custom of the time. This request, overheard by Rebekah, becomes the occasion for the family's scheme and counter-scheme.
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- Gen 25:27–28The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
- Gen 10:9He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.
- 1 Cor 6:12“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.
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