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Verse

RBT Translation:
And He-Laughs is loving אֶת-Prepared, for a hunter870 is in his mouth; and Stall-Fed is loving אֶת-Heel.
LITV Translation:
And Isaac loved Esau, for game was in his mouth. And Rebekah loved Jacob.
ESV Translation:
Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Isaac loved Esau, because his venison was his food, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Footnotes

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The same word tsayid (#6718) is said to mean both hunter and hunted, as contradictory as that sounds. This translation does not render these words as “hunted” since the root verb (#6679) means to hunt and not “to be hunted”.