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Isaac said, “See here, I am old; [a]I do not know [b]when I may die. 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; and make me a savory and delicious dish [of meat], the kind I love, and bring it to me to eat, so that my soul may bless you [as my firstborn son] before I die.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:2 Isaac lived another forty-three years after this blessing was given to Jacob (35:27-29).
  2. Genesis 27:2 Lit the day of my death.

Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.(A) Now then, get your equipment—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country(B) to hunt some wild game for me. Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like(C) and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing(D) before I die.”(E)

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