Genesis 25:19-33
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19 Dit is het verhaal van Isaak en zijn kinderen. 20 Isaak was veertig jaar toen hij trouwde met Rebekka, de dochter van de Arameeër Betuël uit Paddan-Aram, de zuster van Laban. 21 Isaak smeekte de Here of Hij Rebekka een kind wilde geven, want hoewel zij al vele jaren getrouwd waren, had zij nog steeds geen kind. De Here verhoorde het gebed en Rebekka werd zwanger. 22 Het leek wel alsof de kinderen in haar binnenste met elkaar vochten. ‘Dit kan ik niet langer verdragen,’ riep zij uit en zij vroeg de Here om raad.
23 Hij vertelde haar: ‘De zonen in uw baarmoeder zullen twee vijandige volken voortbrengen. De ene zal sterker zijn dan de andere, de oudste zal de dienaar van de jongste zijn!’ 24 En inderdaad, Rebekka beviel van een tweeling. 25 Het eerste kind dat werd geboren, was overdekt met rossig haar. Het leek wel alsof hij een haren mantel aan had! Daarom noemde zij hem Esau. 26 Direct daarna kwam het tweede kind ter wereld. Het hield zich stevig vast aan de hiel van Esau! Zij noemde hem Jakob. Isaak was zestig jaar bij de geboorte van de tweeling.
27 De jongens groeiden voorspoedig op. Esau werd een uitstekend jager. Jakob was een stille jongen die liever thuis zat. 28 Esau was Isaaks lieveling, omdat hij altijd wild mee naar huis nam. Rebekka had echter een zwak voor Jakob.
29 Op een dag kwam Esau thuis van de jacht. Hij was moe en trof Jakob aan, die bezig was linzenmoes te maken. 30 Esau zei: ‘Ik ben uitgehongerd. Geef mij eens wat van dat rode spul dat je daar hebt!’ (Zo kwam Esau aan zijn bijnaam Edom, wat ‘het rode’ betekent). 31 Jakob antwoordde: ‘Dat kun je krijgen, maar dan moet je mij wel je eerstgeboorterecht verkopen!’ 32 Esau zei daarop: ‘Wat heb je aan een eerstgeboorterecht als je omvalt van de honger? Daar kun je ook niet van eten. Je mag het hebben.’ 33 Jakob zei: ‘Zweer dan dat je het aan mij zult verkopen!’ Toen zwoer Esau het en stond zo alle rechten die hij als oudste zoon had, af aan Jakob.
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Genesis 25:19-33
New King James Version
19 This is the (A)genealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. (B)Abraham begot Isaac. 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, (C)the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, (D)the sister of Laban the Syrian. 21 Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; (E)and the Lord granted his plea, (F)and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” (G)So she went to inquire of the Lord.
23 And the Lord said to her:
(H)“Two nations are in your womb,
Two peoples shall be separated from your body;
One people shall be stronger than (I)the other,
(J)And the older shall serve the younger.”
24 So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb. 25 And the first came out red. He was (K)like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name [a]Esau. 26 Afterward his brother came out, and (L)his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so (M)his name was called [b]Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
27 So the boys grew. And Esau was (N)a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was (O)a [c]mild man, (P)dwelling in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau because he (Q)ate of his game, (R)but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Esau Sells His Birthright(S)
29 Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called [d]Edom.
31 But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.”
32 And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so (T)what is this birthright to me?”
33 Then Jacob said, [e]“Swear to me as of this day.”
So he swore to him, and (U)sold his birthright to Jacob.
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- Genesis 25:25 Lit. Hairy
- Genesis 25:26 Supplanter or Deceitful, lit. One Who Takes the Heel
- Genesis 25:27 Lit. complete
- Genesis 25:30 Lit. Red
- Genesis 25:33 Take an oath
Genesis 25:19-33
New International Version
Jacob and Esau
19 This is the account(A) of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac.
Abraham became the father of Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old(B) when he married Rebekah(C) daughter of Bethuel(D) the Aramean from Paddan Aram[a](E) and sister of Laban(F) the Aramean.(G)
21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless.(H) The Lord answered his prayer,(I) and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22 The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.(J)
23 The Lord said to her,
“Two nations(K) are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger.(L)”
24 When the time came for her to give birth,(M) there were twin boys in her womb.(N) 25 The first to come out was red,(O) and his whole body was like a hairy garment;(P) so they named him Esau.[b](Q) 26 After this, his brother came out,(R) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;(S) so he was named Jacob.[c](T) Isaac was sixty years old(U) when Rebekah gave birth to them.
27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter,(V) a man of the open country,(W) while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. 28 Isaac, who had a taste for wild game,(X) loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.(Y)
29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew,(Z) Esau came in from the open country,(AA) famished. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew!(AB) I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[d])(AC)
31 Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.(AD)”
32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”
33 But Jacob said, “Swear(AE) to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright(AF) to Jacob.
Footnotes
- Genesis 25:20 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
- Genesis 25:25 Esau may mean hairy.
- Genesis 25:26 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
- Genesis 25:30 Edom means red.
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