Genesis 27:3

So please take your bow and arrows and go hunting in the countryside for some meat for me.

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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;

In Context

2“I'm old now,” said Isaac, “I may die soon, who knows?

4Make me that tasty food that I love and bring it to me to eat, so I can bless you before I die.”

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Cross References

Genesis 10:9He was a powerful fighter who defied the Lord; which is why there's the expression, “Like Nimrod, a powerful fighter who defied the Lord.”

Genesis 25:28Isaac loved Esau because he brought him tasty wild game to eat, while Rebekah loved Jacob.

1 Corinthians 6:12People say, “I'm free to do anything”—but not everything is appropriate! “I'm free to do anything”—but I will not let anything control me! People say,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:2-6

Rebekah's Contrivance. ( b. c. 1760.) 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: 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; 4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul… Read the whole commentary →

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