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Genesis 25:27
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25 And the first came out red. He was alike a hairy garment all over; so they called his name1 Esau.  
26 Afterward his brother came out, and ahis hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so bhis name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.  
27 So the boys grew. And Esau was aa skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was ba mild man, cdwelling in tents.  
28 And Isaac loved Esau because he aate of his game, bbut Rebekah loved Jacob.  

Esau Sells His Birthright

29 Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.
30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called1 Edom.  
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John Wesley's Notes
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Genesis 25:27

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, Genesis 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.


 
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