Wherefore now, I pray thee take thine instruments, thy quiver and thy bow, and get thee to the field, that thou mayest [a]take me some venison.

Then make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it me that I may eat, and that my [b]soul may bless thee, before I die.

(Now Rebekah heard, when Isaac spake to Esau his son) and Esau went into the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:3 Hebrew, hunt.
  2. Genesis 27:4 The carnal affection, which he bare to his son made him forget that which God spake to his wife, Gen. 25:23.

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