And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
How like was Esau to Nimrod! A man of the field, in scripture language means, a man of the world, carnally minded: But dwelling in tents, describes a pilgrim, one who hath here no continuing city: such was the Patriarch Jacob. See Hebrews 11:8-10.