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Genesis 27:14-16
New English Translation
Genesis 27:14-16
New English Translation
14 So he went and got the goats[a] and brought them to his mother. She[b] prepared some tasty food, just the way his father loved it. 15 Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob. 16 She put the skins of the young goats[c] on his hands[d] and the smooth part of his neck.
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- Genesis 27:14 tn The words “the goats” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Genesis 27:14 tn Heb “his mother.” This has been replaced by the pronoun “she” in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Genesis 27:16 tn In the Hebrew text the object (“the skins of the young goats”) precedes the verb. The disjunctive clause draws attention to this key element in the subterfuge.
- Genesis 27:16 tn The word “hands” probably includes the forearms here. How the skins were attached is not specified in the Hebrew text; cf. NLT “she made him a pair of gloves.”
Genesis 27:14-16
New International Version
Genesis 27:14-16
New International Version
14 So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.(A) 15 Then Rebekah took the best clothes(B) of Esau her older son,(C) which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob. 16 She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins.(D)
Genesis 27:14-16
King James Version
Genesis 27:14-16
King James Version
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
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