When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
Jeremiah 35:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 nor shall you ever build a house or sow seed, nor shall you plant a vineyard or even own one, but you shall live in tents all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you reside.’ More versionsKing 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 was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
For their possessions were too great for them to live together; the land where they were staying could not support them because of their livestock.
“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
but we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done all that our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
and not to build houses to live in. We have no vineyard or field or seed,
Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.