Genesis 27:3

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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

He was a mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD, whereof came the proverb "he is as Nimrod, that mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD."

and the boys grew, and Esau became a cunning hunter and a tillman. But Jacob was a simple man and dwelled in the tents.

and the boys grew, and Esau became a cunning hunter and a tillman. But Jacob was a simple man and dwelled in the tents.

All things are lawful unto me: but all things are not profitable. I may do all things: but I will be brought under no man's power.

Like as they shall come into the land with arrows and bows, so shall all the land become briers and thorns.

So lieth it not then in a man's will, or cunning, but in the mercy of God.