OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 25:27

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27

The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

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Verse 27. A husbandman: a rustic, both in profession and manners, like Cain; while Jacob was a shepherd, in imitation of Abel, plain and honest. Bible.

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