Genesis 27 · Verse 3

Genesis 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;
Genesis 27:3, King James Version

Genesis 27:3 in other translations

BSBTake your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
WEBNow therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me venison.
ASVNow therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison;
YLTand now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision,
DARBYAnd now, I pray thee, take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field and hunt me venison,
BBESo take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;
WebsterNow therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

What does Genesis 27:3 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
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, etc. 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 khanjar, a poniard or dagger, the use of which, not only in battles, but in private assassinations, was well known.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 27:1-5

The promises of the Messiah, and of the land of Canaan, had come down to Isaac. Isaac being now about 135 years of age, and his sons about 75, and not duly considering the Divine word concerning his two sons, that the elder should serve the younger, resolved to put all the honour and power that were in the promise, upon Esau his eldest son. We are very apt to take measures rather from our own reason than from Divine…

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Genesis 27:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258
שָׂא\־sa'-take upH5375
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994
כֵלֶ֔יךָkhe.Lei.khaweapons yourH3627
תֶּלְיְךָ֖tel.ye.Khaquiver yourH8522
וְקַשְׁתֶּ֑ךָve.kash.Te.chaand bow yourH7198
וְצֵא֙ve.Tze'and go outH3318
הַשָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704
וְצ֥וּדָהve.Tzu.dahand hunt !H6679
לִּ֖יlifor <the> me
צָֽיִד\׃tzeidwild gameH6718

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 27:3

  • 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. And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

  • Genesis 10:9

    He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
take, I.
10:9; 25:27,28
take me. Heb. hunt.
25:27,28; 1Co 6:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 27:2

    And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

  • Genesis 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;

  • Genesis 27:4

    And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

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Genesis 27:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Toma, pues, ahora tus armas, tu aljaba y tu arco, y sal al campo, y cógeme caza;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et maintenant, je te prie, prends tes armes, ton carquois et ton arc, et sors dans les champs, et prends-moi du gibier;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nun nimm doch dein Jagdgerät, deinen Köcher und deinen Bogen, und gehe hinaus aufs Feld und erjage mir ein Wildbret;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sume arma tua, pharetram, et arcum, et egredere foras: cumque venatu aliquid apprehenderis,