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Isaac Blesses Jacob

Genesis 27:3

In 11 translations

BSB
Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
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;take: Heb. hunt
WEB
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me venison.
ASV
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison;
LSV
and now, please take up your instruments, your quiver, and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt provision for me,
YLT
and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision,
DBY
And now, I pray thee, take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field and hunt me venison,
DRC
Take thy arms, thy quiver, and bow, and go abroad: and when thou hast taken some thing by hunting,
GNV
Wherefore nowe, I pray thee take thine instruments, thy quiuer and thy bowe, and get thee to the fielde, that thou mayest take mee some venison.
JPS
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison;
LXXE
Now then take thy weapons, both thy quiver and thy bow, and go into the plain, and get me venison,

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  • Written (Ketiv): צֵידָה׃ (“food”). Read aloud (Qere): צָֽיִד׃ (“wild game”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads צָֽיִדה׃; read aloud (Qere) reads צָֽיִד׃ (“wild game”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְעַתָּה֙ שָׂא־נָ֣א כֵלֶ֔יךָ תֶּלְיְךָ֖ וְקַשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ וְצֵא֙ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְצ֥וּדָה לִּ֖י צידה׃Read aloud as (qere): צָֽיִד
LXX-Br
Νῦν οὖν λάβε τὸ σκεῦός σου, τήν τε φαρέτραν, καὶ τὸ τόξον, καὶ ἔξελθε εἰς τὸ πεδίον, καὶ θήρευσόν μοι θήραν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 25:27–28When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
  • Genesis 10:9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
  • 1 Corinthians 6:12“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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