Genesis 25:27

New English Translation

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.

Cross References

Genesis 10:9

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”)

Genesis 21:20

God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

Genesis 27:40

You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck.”

Genesis 46:34

Tell him, ‘Your servants have taken care of cattle from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting to the Egyptians.”

Genesis 6:9

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Job 1:8

So the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”

Job 2:3

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”

Psalm 37:37

Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future.

Jeremiah 35:7

Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.’

Hebrews 11:9

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.