27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
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And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. …
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-28)We have here an account of the birth of Jacob and Esau, the twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah: their entrance into the world was (which is not usual) one of the most considerable parts of their story; nor is much related concerning Isaac but what had reference to his father while he lived and to his sons afterwards. For Isaac seems not to have been a man of action, nor much tried, but to have spent h…
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