When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
Jeremiah 35:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You must not build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Rather, you must live in tents your whole life, so that you may live a long time on the soil where you stay as a resident foreigner.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Neither shall you build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard or have them; but you shall dwell all your days in tents, that you may live many days in the land where you are temporary residents. American Standard Version (1901) neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn. Common English Bible nor are you to build or own houses or plant gardens and vineyards; rather, you are always to dwell in tents so you may live a long time in the fertile land you pass through.’ Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall not build houses, and you shall not sow any seeds, and you shall not plant or have vineyards. Instead, you shall live in tents all your days, so that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are sojourners.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers. |
When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
For their possessions were too many for them to live together, and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.
Honour your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
We also have not built houses to live in and do not have vineyard, field, or seed.
And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.