Genesis 25:29

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Genesis 25:29 (WEB)
Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.

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Tertullian, On Fasting Chapter 17
“…wild beasts: so unlimitedly studious are you of catching fieldfares, so do you come from “the field” of your most lax discipline, so faint are you in spirit.” — editor's note: Comp. Gen. xxiii. 2, 3, 4, 31, and xxv. 27–34.
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