(32:9). Esau’s hunting in the field requires him first to take his bow and his quiver (27:3).23 Whether the stress is on the condition or on Yahweh’s intention is hardly material. What is clear is that the precursor of ‘giving the covenant’ is ‘blamelessness’. The latter must be a reality before the former takes place. Taken in concert with the definition of ntn above, the most straightforward reading of this passage is that ‘walking before Yahweh’ and being ‘blameless’ is the prerequisite for Abraham’s