Cross references

Genesis 25:27

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

Genesis 25:27 BSB

Genesis 25:27 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 21:20 (6 votes) and Hebrews 11:9 (6 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 4 to Hebrews 11.

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Which verses does Genesis 25:27 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

  2. By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

  3. This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

  4. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

  5. Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

  6. Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me. Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.” …

  7. You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

  8. I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night. As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes. …

  9. you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”

  10. Job 1:14 votes

    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

  11. Job 1:84 votes
  12. Job 2:32 votes

Which verses point to Genesis 25:27?

The 10 strongest of 16.