Genesis 25:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁷ And 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ When the boys grew up, Esau was a cunning and skilled hunter, a man of the outdoors; but Jacob was a plain and quiet man, dwelling in tents.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And the boys grew: and Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.

Common English Bible

²⁷ When the young men grew up, Esau became an outdoorsman who knew how to hunt, and Jacob became a quiet man who stayed at home.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And as adults, Esau became a knowledgeable hunter and a man of agriculture, but Jacob, a simple man, dwelt in tents.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And when they were grown up, Esau became a skillful hunter, and a husbandman: but Jacob a plain man dwelt in tents.

Genesis 25:27 Cross References

Genesis 10:9

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.

Genesis 21:20

And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Genesis 27:40

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

Genesis 46:34

that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

Genesis 6:9

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 1:8

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an uptight man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.

Job 2:3

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and art upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil: And he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Psalm 37:37

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: For the latter end of that man is peace.

Jeremiah 35:7

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.

Hebrews 11:9

By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: