Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me venison.
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Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me venison.
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison;
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Passages linked to Genesis 27:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 25:27-28 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.
- Genesis 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.
- 1 Corinthians 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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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, hunt.
Hebrew, hunt.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy…
Gen 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me [some] venison;
Ver. 3. Take me some venison.] It is some blemish to holy Isaac, that he so favoured and loved Esau, and that because he did eat of his venison, or because venison was in his mouth. {Gen 25:28} "All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under of any thing". {1Co 6:12} It is a shame to a saint, to be a slave to his appetite, that it should be said of him, as it was of Epicurus, Dum palato quid sit optimum iudicat, coeli palatium suspexit. {a}
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{a} Ennius
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thy quiver, or, as the Chaldee and Hebrew doctors…
Thy quiver, or, as the Chaldee and Hebrew doctors render it, thy sword; a weapon no less necessary for a hunter of beasts than a bow.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now therefore, take, I pray thee, thy weapons,.... Or…
Now therefore, take, I pray thee, thy weapons,.... Or "thy vessels", or "instruments" (n), his instruments of hunting: as
thy quiver and thy bow; the former is the vessel or instrument, in which arrows were put and carried, and has its name in the Hebrew language from its being hung at the girdle, though another word is more commonly used for a quiver; and Onkelos and Jarchi interpret this of a sword; and which is not disapproved of by Aben Ezra and Ben Melech, who explain it either a quiver or a sword; and the latter was as necessary for hunting as the former, see Gen 27:40; and such a sword may be meant, as Mr. Fuller observes (o), which we call a "hanger" (i.e. a small sword often worn by seamen); and of the bow being an instrument of hunting, not anything need be said:
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and go out to the field, and take me some venison; this does not necessarily intend what we commonly call so, but anything hunted in the field, as hares, wild goats, &c. and indeed the latter seems to be what Isaac loved, by the preparation Rebekah afterwards made.
(n) "instrumenta tua", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "vasa tua", Vatablus. (o) Miscell. Sacr. l. 1. c. 17.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Take me some venison that I may; bless thee…
Take me some venison that I may; bless thee - Esau must go a hunting and bring some venison. In this he designed not so much the refreshment of his own spirits, as the receiving a fresh instance of his son's, filial duty and affection to him, before he bestowed this favour upon him. That my soul may bless thee before I die - Prayer is the work of the soul, and not of the lips only; as the soul must be employed in blessing God, Psalm ciii, 1, so it must be in blessing ourselves and others: the blessing will not go to the heart, if it do not come from the heart.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. Thy weapons] The original word כלי keley…
Verse 3. Thy weapons] The original word כלי keley signifies vessels and instruments of any kind; and is probably used here for a hunting spear, javelin, sword, c.
Quiver] תלי teli, from תלה talah, to hang or suspend. Had not the Septuagint translated the word φαρετραν, 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 the original signifies to hang or suspend, hence they think is derived our word hanger, so called because it is generally worn in a pendent posture; but the word hanger did not exist in our language previously to the Crusades, and we have evidently derived it from the Persian [Persian] khanjar, a poniard or dagger, the use of which, not only in battles, but in private assassinations, was well known.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 27:3. Take me some venison — In this…
Gen 27:3. Take me some venison — In this Isaac designed, not so much the refreshment of his own spirits, as the receiving a fresh instance of his son’s filial duty and affection to him, before he bestowed the designed favour upon him. That my soul may bless thee before I die — May confer my solemn, extraordinary, and prophetic blessing, and thereby may declare and constitute thee the heir of all the blessings bestowed by God upon me and my fathers. For it was no common blessing that Isaac meant for Esau, but that important patriarchal benediction which chiefly related to the peculiar and extraordinary covenant which God entered into with Abraham, to be a God to him and his seed, and to give them the land of Canaan, and in particular to that fundamental part of it, that the Messiah should be of his seed, and bless all the families of the earth. Isaac, out of a fond affection for Esau, endeavoured to entail this blessing on him, unmindful of the oracle that the elder should serve the younger.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. Take me some venison — Hebrews, Hunt for…
3. Take me some venison — Hebrews, Hunt for me a hunting. The word does not necessarily mean venison, but any kind of edible game taken by hunting. See Pro_12:27.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. thy weapons] The quiver and bow are the…
3. thy weapons] The quiver and bow are the huntsman’s weapons. Esau as “a man of the field” (Gen_25:27) is to go out “to the field,” i.e. the open country. Targum of Onkelos, “thy sword and thy bow”; cf. Gen_48:22.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) Thy quiver.—This word does not occur elsewhere, and…
(3) Thy quiver.—This word does not occur elsewhere, and is rendered in the Targum and Syriac a sword. As it is derived from a root signifying to hang, it probably means, like our word hanger, a sort of knife; but all that we can say for certain is that it was some sort of hunting implement.
Take me some venison.—The Heb. is hunt me a hunting. “Venison,” the Latin venatio, means anything taken by hunting.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, the…
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, the word "weapon" signifying a utensil, vessel, or finished instrument of any sort. (cf. Gen_14:5 Gen_31:37 Gen_45:20) Here it manifestly denotes weapons employed in hunting, and in particular those next specifiedthy quiver the apax legomenon, yliT: from hlT to hang, properly is "that which is suspended;" hence a quiver, faretran (LXX), pharetram (Vulgate), which commonly depends from the shoulders or girdle (Aben Ezra, Rosenm Keil, Kalisch, et alii), though by some it is rendered "sword" (Onkelos; Syriac)and thy bow, (vide Gen_21:16) and go oat to the field, i.e. the open country inhabited by wild beasts, as opposed to cities, villages, or camps (cf. Gen_25:27) and take me some venison literally, hunt for me hunt ing, i.e. the produce of hunting, as in Gen_25:28.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Isaac continues giving instructions to his older son Isaac.
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your weapons
"your hunting equipment"
your quiver
A quiver is a case for holding arrows. AT: "your quiver of arrows" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
hunt game for me
"hunt a wild animal for me"
Make delicious food for me, the sort that I love
The word "delicious" refers to something that tastes very good. AT: "Cook for me the tasty meat that I love" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
bless you
In Bible times, a father would often pronounce a formal blessing on his children.
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bow and arrow
bless
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 27:3-4 Like Esau, Isaac allowed his palate to govern…
27:3-4 Like Esau, Isaac allowed his palate to govern his heart (cp. 25:28-34).
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