²⁵ The first one was very red at birth and covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau.^[a]

¹¹ “But look,” Jacob replied to Rebekah, “my brother, Esau, is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth.

²³ But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob’s hands felt hairy just like Esau’s. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.

¹⁶ She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats.