Genesis 25:27
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27 When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.(A)
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Hebrews 11:9
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9 By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(A)
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Genesis 21:20
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20 God was with the boy, and he grew up; he lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow.(A)
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Genesis 10:9
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9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”(A)
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Genesis 6:9
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Noah Pleases God
9 These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.(A)
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Psalm 37:37
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37 Mark the blameless and behold the upright,
for there is posterity for the peaceable.(A)
Job 1:8
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8 The Lord said to the accuser,[a] “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil.”(A)
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- 1.8 Heb the satan
Job 1:1
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Job and His Family
1 There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.(A)
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Genesis 46:34
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34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our ancestors,’ in order that you may settle in the land of Goshen, because all shepherds are abhorrent to the Egyptians.”(A)
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Genesis 31:39-41
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39 That which was torn by wild beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it myself; of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.(A) 40 It was like this with me: by day the heat consumed me and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes. 41 These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.(B)
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Genesis 28:10-11
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Jacob’s Dream at Bethel
10 Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. 11 He came to a certain place and stayed there for the night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place.
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Genesis 27:40
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40 By your sword you shall live,
and you shall serve your brother,
but when you break loose,[a]
you shall break his yoke from your neck.”(A)
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- 27.40 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Genesis 27:3-5
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3 Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me.(A) 4 Then prepare for me savory food, such as I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”(B)
5 Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game for his father,[a]
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- 27.5 Gk: Heb to bring
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