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Genesis 27:1-3
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Genesis 27:1-3
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Isaac blesses Jacob
27 Isaac became old. He could not see anything because his eyes were weak. He called for his older son, Esau. Isaac said, ‘My son.’ Esau replied, ‘Yes, I am here.’ 2 Isaac said, ‘I am an old man. I may die very soon. 3 Get your bow and your arrows.[a] Go out into the country and kill some wild animals for me.
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- 27:3 People use bows to shoot arrows. An arrow is like a stick with a sharp point at the end.
Genesis 27:1-3
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Genesis 27:1-3
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27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see,(A) he called for Esau his older son(B) and said to him, “My son.”
“Here I am,” he answered.
2 Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.(C) 3 Now then, get your equipment—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country(D) to hunt some wild game for me.
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