²⁴ When the time came for her to give birth,^(A) there were twin boys in her womb.^{(B) 25} The first to come out was red,^(C) and his whole body was like a hairy garment;^(D) so they named him Esau.^{[a](E) 26} After this, his brother came out,^(F) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;^(G) so he was named Jacob.^[b](H) Isaac was sixty years old^(I) when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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

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