Genesis 25:19-26

Modern English Version

The Births of Jacob and Esau

¹⁹ These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son.

Abraham was the father of Isaac. ²⁰ Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as his wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

²¹ Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, 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?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.

²³ Then the Lord said to her,

²⁴ Now when the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment, and they called his name Esau. ²⁶ After that his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.