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Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 25:27

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Genesis25:27

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.

Of wild beasts, and afterwards an oppressour of men. Compare Gen. 10. 9. This course of Life was most agreeable to his complexion, fierce and violent.

One that delighted more in conversing abroad than at home, whose employment it was to pursue the Beasts through Fields and Woods and Mountains, who therefore chose an habitation fit for his purpose in mount Seir.

A sincere, honest, and plain-hearted man. Or a just and perfect man, as the word is used, Gen▪ 6. 9.

Quietly minding the management of his own domestick affairs, his Lands and Cattle, and giving no disturbance either to wild beasts or men.

Marginal references: Heb. a perfect, or, sincere.

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