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Selected Verse: Genesis 25:27 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 25:27 |
Strong Concordance |
And the boys [05288] grew [01431]: and Esau [06215] was a cunning [03045] hunter [06718], a man [0376] of the field [07704]; and Jacob [03290] was a plain [08535] man [0376], dwelling [03427] in tents [0168]. |
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King James |
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the boys grew--from the first, opposite to each other in character, manners, and habits. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Esau became "a cunning hunter, a man of the field," i.e., a man wandering about in the fields. He was his father's favourite, for "venison was in his mouth," i.e., he was fond of it. But Jacob was תּם אישׁ, "a pious man" (Luther); תּם, integer, denotes here a disposition that finds pleasure in the quiet life of home. אהלים ישׁב, not dwelling in tents, but sitting in the tents, in contrast with the wild hunter's life led by his brother; hence he was his mother's favourite. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Esau was an hunter - And a man that knew how to live by his wits, for he was a cunning hunter. A man of the field - All for the game, and never so well but as when he was in pursuit of it. And Jacob was a plain man - An honest man, that dealt fairly. And dwelt in tents - Either, As a shepherd, loving that safe and silent employment of keeping sheep, to which also he bred up his children, Gen 46:34. Or, As a student, he frequented the tents of Melchizedek or Heber, as some understand it, to be taught by them divine things. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A man of the field - איש שדה ish sadeh, one who supported himself and family by hunting and by agriculture.
Jacob was a plain man - איש תם ish tam, a perfect or upright man; dwelling in tents - subsisting by breeding and tending cattle, which was considered in those early times the most perfect employment; and in this sense the word תם tam, should be here understood, as in its moral meaning it certainly could not be applied to Jacob till after his name was changed, after which time only his character stands fair and unblemished. See Gen 32:26-30. |
34 That ye shall say [0559], Thy servants [05650]' trade [0582] hath been about cattle [04735] from our youth [05271] even until now, both we, and also our fathers [01]: that ye may dwell [03427] in the land [0776] of Goshen [01657]; for every shepherd [07462] [06629] is an abomination [08441] unto the Egyptians [04714].
26 And he said [0559], Let me go [07971], for the day [07837] breaketh [05927]. And he said [0559], I will not let thee go [07971], except [0518] thou bless [01288] me.
27 And he said [0559] unto him, What is thy name [08034]? And he said [0559], Jacob [03290].
28 And he said [0559], Thy name [08034] shall be called [0559] no more Jacob [03290], but Israel [03478]: for as a prince hast thou power [08280] with God [0430] and with men [0582], and hast prevailed [03201].
29 And Jacob [03290] asked [07592] him, and said [0559], Tell [05046] me, I pray thee, thy name [08034]. And he said [0559], Wherefore is it [02088] that thou dost ask [07592] after my name [08034]? And he blessed [01288] him there.
30 And Jacob [03290] called [07121] the name [08034] of the place [04725] Peniel [06439]: for I have seen [07200] God [0430] face [06440] to face [06440], and my life [05315] is preserved [05337].