Jacob Walked the Road of Life and Esau the Road of Death

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 110:29

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"And the boys grew up" (Genesis 25:27): Jacob walked in the way of life, for he dwelt in tents and occupied himself with Torah all his days; Esau in the way of death, for he killed Nimrod and Hivvar his son. And further he sought to kill Jacob, [saying] "let the days of mourning for my father draw near" (Genesis 27:41). Jacob served Abraham fifteen years, and Shem fifty-eight years; Shem served Methuselah ninety-eight years, and so forth. "Jacob was a wholesome man": he was born circumcised (as is written in remez 16).

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