Genesis 25:27

And the lads grew, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a house.

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In The King James Version

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

In Context

26And after this came forth his brother, and his hand took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah bore them.

28And Isaac loved Esau, because his venison was his food, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:9And these are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noah was well-pleasing to God.

Genesis 21:20And God was with the child, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Genesis 27:40And thou shalt live by thy sword, 1 And shalt serve thy brother; 1 And there shall be a time when thou shalt break 1 And loosen his yoke from off thy neck.

Genesis 31:39That which was taken of beasts I brought not to thee; I made good of myself the thefts of the day, and the thefts of the night.

Job 1:1There was a certain man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; 1 And that man was true, blameless, righteous, and godly, 1 Abstaining from everything evil. 1

Job 2:3And the Lord said to the devil, 1 Hast thou then observed my servant Job, 1 That there is none of men upon the earth like him, 1 A harmless, true, blameless, godly man, 1 Abstaining from all evil? 1 And he yet cleaves to innocence, 1 Whereas thou hast told me to destroy his substance without cause? 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:20-29

Birth of Esau and Jacob. ( b. c. 1837.) 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 21 And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire… Read the whole commentary →

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