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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 25:27 - 25:27
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Esau became “a cunning hunter, a man of the field,” i.e., a man wandering about in the fields. He was his father's favourite, for “venison was in his mouth,” i.e., he was fond of it. But Jacob was תָּם אישׁ, “a pious man” (Luther); תָּם, integer, denotes here a disposition that finds pleasure in the quiet life of home. אֹהָלִים ישֵׁב, not dwelling in tents, but sitting in the tents, in contrast with the wild hunter's life led by his brother; hence he was his mother's favourite.