¹⁹ And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac: ²⁰ and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the ^[a]Syrian, to be his wife. ²¹ And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. ²² And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, ^[b]wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah. ²³ And Jehovah said unto her,

²⁴ And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ And the first came forth ^[c]red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. ²⁶ And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called ^[d]Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.