Genesis 25:27

Gen 25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.

Ver. 27. And the boys grew. ] Nature, art, grace, all proceed from less perfect to more perfect. "Grow in grace," saith Peter: 2Pe 3:18 grow "unto a perfect man," even "unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ," saith Paul. Eph 4:13

And Esau was a cunning hunter. ] Like Nimrod and Ishmael, whom he chose to imitate, rather than Abraham, and those holy patriarchs that had lived before him.

A plain man. ] Sept., Aπλαστος , without welt or gard, guile or gall. Gregory hereby notes the diverse dispositions of worldly and godly men.