Genesis 25:27

And when the youths grew up, it came to pass that Esau was a man skilled in game a man of the field,—but, Jacob, was a ready man, dwelling in tents.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 that, came forth his brother with his hand fast hold of the heel of Esau, so they called his name Jacob—Now, Isaac, was sixty years old when she bare them,

28And, Isaac, loved, Esau, because of the game he put in his mouth,—but, Rebekah, was a lover of Jacob!.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:9These, are the generations of Noah, Noah, was, a righteous man blameless, in his generations,—with God, did Noah walk.

Genesis 21:20And it came to pass that God was with the boy, and he grew,—and dwelt in the desert, and he became as he grew up, an archer,

Genesis 27:40And on thy sword, shalt thou live, And thy brother, shalt thou serve: But it shall come to pass when thou shalt rove at large, Then shalt thou break his yoke from off thy neck.

Genesis 31:39The torn, have I not brought in unto thee—I bare the loss, At my hand, didst thou require it,—Stolen by day, or stolen by night.

Job 1:1A man, there was—in the land of Uz, Job, his name,—and that man was blameless and upright, and one who revered God, and avoided evil.

Job 2:3And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one who revereth God, and avoideth evil; and still he is holding fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

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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