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So now,וְעַתָּהtake,שָׂאplease,נָאyour gear,כֵלֶיךָyour quiverתֶּלְיְךָand your bow,וְקַשְׁתֶּךָand go outוְצֵאto the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהand huntוְצוּדָהgameצָיִדfor me,לִּי
Genesis 27:3
Study it in the app“So now, take, please, your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:3, word by word
- takeשָׂאsa
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “sa” appears- your gearכֵלֶיchele
utensil
Something for use: tools, jewels, travel gear.
Where else “chele” appears- your quiverתֶּלְיְtely
quiver
Quiver: the case in which arrows are carried. It occurs only in Genesis 27:3.
Where else “tely” appears- and your bowקַשְׁתֶּkashte
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kashte” appears- and go outצֵאtse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tse” appears- to the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- and huntצוּדָtsuda
hunt
To track down animals, or pursue someone.
Where else “tsuda” appears- gameצָיִדtsayid
game
Meat from hunting.
Where else “tsayid” appears
The context
2He said, “Look, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.
3 · This verse (above)
4and make me tasty food such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
To study Genesis 27 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob receive Isaac’s blessing, and how did Esau react (vv. 18-34)?
2. What it means
What consequences did Jacob’s deceiving his father bring to the family (vv. 41-45)?
3. How I live it
How can you pursue what you need without resorting to deception?