25 The first to come out was red,(A) and his whole body was like a hairy garment;(B) so they named him Esau.[a](C) 26 After this, his brother came out,(D) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;(E) so he was named Jacob.[b](F) Isaac was sixty years old(G) when Rebekah gave birth to them.

27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter,(H) a man of the open country,(I) while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. 28 Isaac, who had a taste for wild game,(J) loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.(K)

29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew,(L) Esau came in from the open country,(M) famished. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew!(N) I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[c])(O)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:25 Esau may mean hairy.
  2. Genesis 25:26 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
  3. Genesis 25:30 Edom means red.

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