Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now then, get your equipment—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me. New Living Translation Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me. English Standard Version Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me, Berean Standard Bible Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me. King James Bible 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 King James Version Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me. New American Standard Bible Now then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me; NASB 1995 “Now then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me; NASB 1977 “Now then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me; Legacy Standard Bible So now, please take up your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me; Amplified Bible 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; Christian Standard Bible So now take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Take your hunting gear, your quiver and bow, and go out in the field to hunt some game for me. American Standard Version Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison; Contemporary English Version So go hunting with your bow and arrows and kill a wild animal. English Revised Version Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison; GOD'S WORD® Translation Now take your hunting equipment, your quiver and bow, and go out into the open country and hunt some wild game for me. Good News Translation Take your bow and arrows, go out into the country, and kill an animal for me. International Standard Version so go find your weapons, take your bow and arrows, go outside, and hunt some game for me. Majority Standard Bible Take your weapons?your quiver and bow?and go out into the field to hunt some game for me. NET Bible Therefore, take your weapons--your quiver and your bow--and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game for me. New Heart English Bible Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt down a wild animal for me. Webster's Bible Translation Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; World English Bible Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me venison. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand now, please take up your instruments, your quiver, and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt provision for me, Young's Literal Translation 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, Smith's Literal Translation Therefore take now, thy weapon, thy quiver and thy bow, and go forth to the field and hunt for me a hunting. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTake thy arms, thy quiver, and bow, and go abroad: and when thou hast taken some thing by hunting, Catholic Public Domain Version Take your weapons, the quiver and the bow, and go out. And when you have taken something by hunting, New American Bible So now take your hunting gear—your quiver and bow—and go out into the open country to hunt some game for me. New Revised Standard Version Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNow therefore take your weapons, your sword and your bow, and go out into the field and hunt game; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Now take your weapons your sword and your bow and arrows and go out to the country and hunt game OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison; Brenton Septuagint Translation Now then take the weapons, both thy quiver and thy bow, and go into the plain, and get me venison, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jacob's Deception…2“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death. 3 Take your weapons— your quiver and bow— and go out into the field to hunt some game for me. 4Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”… Cross References Genesis 25:28 Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob. Genesis 9:3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things. Genesis 21:20 And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer. Genesis 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.” Genesis 49:27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.” Deuteronomy 12:15 But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer, Deuteronomy 12:20-22 When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want. / If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want. / Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it. Leviticus 17:13 And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt. 1 Samuel 16:11 And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.” 1 Samuel 17:34-36 David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, / I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it. / Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.” Proverbs 12:27 A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession. Proverbs 6:5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. Acts 10:13 Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” Acts 10:11-14 He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. / It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air. / Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” ... Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future. Treasury of Scripture Now therefore take, I pray you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; take, I. Genesis 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. Genesis 25:27,28 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents… take me. Genesis 25:27,28 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents… 1 Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Jump to Previous Arrows Bow Country Field Game Gear Hunt Instruments Meat Open Please Provision Quiver Venison Weapons WildJump to Next Arrows Bow Country Field Game Gear Hunt Instruments Meat Open Please Provision Quiver Venison Weapons WildGenesis 27 1. Isaac sends Esau for venison.6. Rebekah instructs Jacob to obtain the blessing. 14. Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it. 30. Esau brings venison. 33. Isaac trembles. 34. Esau complains, and by importunity obtains a blessing. 41. He threatens Jacob's life. 42. Rebekah disappoints him, by sending Jacob away. Take your weapons The phrase "take your weapons" signifies preparation and readiness for a task. In the Hebrew context, the word for "weapons" (כֵּלִים, kelim) can refer to tools or instruments necessary for a specific purpose. This highlights the importance of being equipped for the tasks God sets before us. Spiritually, it reminds believers to be prepared with the "armor of God" (Ephesians 6:11) for the spiritual battles they face. your quiver and bow and go out into the field to hunt some game for me Take me some venison.--The Heb. is hunt me a hunting. "Venison," the Latin venatio, means anything taken by hunting. Verse 3. - Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, - the word "weapon" signifying a utensil, vessel, or finished instrument of any sort (cf. Genesis 14:23; Genesis 31:37; Genesis 45:20). Here it manifestly denotes weapons employed in hunting, and in particular those next specified - thy quiver - the ἅπαξ λέγομενον, תְּלִי: from תָּלָה to hang, properly is "that which is suspended;" hence a quiver, φαρέτραν (LXX.), pharetram (Vulgate), which commonly depends from the shoulders or girdle (Aben Ezra, Rosenmüller, Keil, Kalisch, et alii), though by some it is rendered "sword" (Onkelos; Syriac) - and thy bow (vide Genesis 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. Genesis 25:27) - and take me some venison - literally, hunt for me hunting, i.e. the produce of hunting, as in Genesis 25:28.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Takeשָׂא־ (śā-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take your weapons— כֵלֶ֔יךָ (ḵê·le·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus your quiver תֶּלְיְךָ֖ (tel·yə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8522: A quiver (with its arrows) and bow— וְקַשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ (wə·qaš·te·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris and go out וְצֵא֙ (wə·ṣê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim in the field הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7704: Field, land to hunt וְצ֥וּדָה (wə·ṣū·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 6679: To lie alongside, to catch an animal, to victual some game צָֽיִד׃ (ṣā·yiḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6720: Provision, food for me. לִּ֖י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew Links Genesis 27:3 NIVGenesis 27:3 NLT Genesis 27:3 ESV Genesis 27:3 NASB Genesis 27:3 KJV Genesis 27:3 BibleApps.com Genesis 27:3 Biblia Paralela Genesis 27:3 Chinese Bible Genesis 27:3 French Bible Genesis 27:3 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 27:3 Now therefore please take your weapons your (Gen. 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