Genesis 25:27

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And whan the boies were growne vp, Esau became an hunter, & an husbande man. As for Iacob, he was a symple man, and dwelt in the tentes.

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  • Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith was he a straunger in the lode of promes as in a straunge countre, & dwelt in tabernacles: and so dyd Isaac & Iacob, heyres with him of the same promes:
  • Gen 21:20 : 20 And God was with the childe, which grew vp, and dwelt in ye wildernes, and became a connynge archer,
  • Gen 27:3-5 : 3 Now therfore take thy geer, thy quyuer and thy bowe, and get the forth to the felde, and take me some venyson, 4 and make me meate (soch as I loue) and brynge it me herein, that I may eate, yt my soule maye blesse the, before I dye. 5 But Rebecca herde these wordes, that Isaac sayde vnto his sonne. And Esau wente his waye in to the felde, to hunte venyson, and to brynge it home.
  • Gen 27:40 : 40 with thy swerde shalt thou get thy lyuynge, and shalt serue thy brother. And it shall come to passe, yt thou shalt put of his yock, and plucke it from thy neck.
  • Gen 28:10-11 : 10 As for Iacob, he departed from Bersaba, and wente vnto Haran 11 and came to a place, where he taried all night: for the Sonne was downe. And he toke a stone of ye place, & put it vnder his heade, and layed him downe in ye same place to slepe.
  • Gen 31:39-41 : 39 Loke what was torne of beastes, I brought it not vnto ye, I was fayne to paie it my self: thou requyredest it of my hande, whether it were stollen fro me by daye or by night. 40 On the daye tyme the heate cosumed me, and the frost on the night, and my slepe departed fro myne eyes. 41 Thus haue I serued twentye yeare in thy house, fourtene yeares for thy doughters, & sixe for thy flocke, and ten tymes hast thou chaunged my rewarde:
  • Gen 46:34 : 34 then ye shal saye: Thy seruauntes are men yt haue dealt wt catell from oure youth vp hytherto, both we & oure fathers, that ye maye dwell in the lande of Gosen: for the Egipcians abhorre all kepers of catell.
  • Job 1:1 : 1 In the lode of Hus there was a man called Iob: an innocent and vertuous man, soch one as feared God, and eschued euell.
  • Job 1:8 : 8 Then sayde the LORDE vnto Satha: hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how that he is an innocet and vertuous ma: soch one as feareth God, and eschueth euell, and that there is none like him in the londe?
  • Job 2:3 : 3 Then sayde the LORDE vnto Sathan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how that he is an innocent & vertuous man soch one as feareth God, and eschueth euell, and that there is none like him in the londe? But thou mouedest me agaynst him, to punysh him: yet is it in vayne, for he contynueth still in his godlynesse.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 but when I wente by, lo, he was gone: I sought him, but he coude no where be founde.
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 This is ye generacion of Noe. Noe was a righteous and parfecte ma, and led a godly life in his tyme,
  • Gen 10:9 : 9 and was a mightie hunter in the sight of the LORDE. Therof commeth the prouerbe: This is a mightie hunter before the LORDE like as Nemrod.

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  • Gen 27:30-31
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    30Now whan Isaac had made an ende of blessynge, and Iacob was scace gone out from his father Isaac, his brother Esau came from his huntinge,

    31and made meate also, and brought it vnto his father, and sayde vnto him: Aryse my father, and eate of yi sonnes venyson, that thy soule maye blesse me.

  • Gen 25:28-30
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    28And Isaac loued Esau, because he ate of his venison. But Rebecca loued Iacob.

    29And Iacob dight a meace of meate. The came Esau from the felde, and was weery,

    30and sayde vnto Iacob: Let me proue of yt reed meace of meate, for I am fayntie (therfore is he called Edom.)

  • Gen 25:25-26
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    25The first that came forth, was reed, all rough as an hyde, and they called him Esau.

    26Anone therafter came his brother forth, which helde the hele of Esau with his hade, and they called him Iacob. Thre score yeare olde was Isaac, whan they were borne.

  • Gen 27:5-6
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    5But Rebecca herde these wordes, that Isaac sayde vnto his sonne. And Esau wente his waye in to the felde, to hunte venyson, and to brynge it home.

    6Then sayde Rebecca vnto Iacob hir sonne: beholde, I haue herde thy father talkinge with Esau thy brother, and sayenge:

  • Gen 27:14-16
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    76%

    14So he wente his waye, and fetched it, and brought it vnto his mother. Then his mother made meate, acordinge as his father loued,

    15and toke Esaus hir elder sonnes costly rayment (which she had with her in ye house) and put them vpon Iacob hir yonger sonne.

    16But the kyddes skynnes put she aboute his handes, and where he was smooth aboute the neck:

  • Gen 27:11
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    11Neuertheles Iacob sayde vnto Rebecca his mother: Beholde, my brother Esau is tough, and I am smooth:

  • Gen 27:41-42
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    41And Esau bare euell wyll vnto Iacob, because of the blessynge that his father had blessed him withall, and sayde in his herte: The tyme wyll come shortly, that my father shal mourne, for I wil slaye my brother Iacob.

    42The was it tolde Rebecca of these wordes of hir elder sonne, and she sent, and bad call for Iacob hir yonger sonne, and saide vnto him: Beholde, thy brother Esau threateneth the, that he wil slaye the.

  • Gen 27:22
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    22So Iacob wete vnto Isaac his father. And whan he had felt him, he sayde: The voyce is Iacobs voyce, but the handes are the handes of Esau.

  • Gen 27:19
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    19Iacob sayde: I am Esau thy firstborne sonne, I haue done as thou saydest vnto me: aryse, syt vp, and eate of my venyson, that thy soule maye blesse me.

  • Gen 21:20
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    20And God was with the childe, which grew vp, and dwelt in ye wildernes, and became a connynge archer,

  • Gen 25:34
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    34Then Iacob gaue him bred and that meace of ryse. And he ate and dronke, and stode vp, and wente his waye. And so Esau regarded not his byrthright.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34Abraham begat Isaac. The children of Isaac are: Esau and Israel.

  • Gen 36:6
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    6And Esau toke his wiues sonnes & doughters, and all the soules of his house, his substaunce, and all the catell with all the goodes that he had gotten in the lande of Canaan, and wente in to a countre awaye fro his brother Iacob: