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I. FRATERNAL DISSIMILARITY.

II. PARENTAL PARTIALITY.

III. CONJUGAL, CONTRARIETY. Lessons:

1. The responsibility of parents.

2. The need of love as a cementing influence in home life.

3. The baseness of unbrotherliness.

4. The downward course of sin.

(T. S. Dickson.)

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KJV: And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

WEB: The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.