Jacob and Esau

¹⁹ Now these are the generations^[a] of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham fathered Isaac, ²⁰ And Isaac was forty years old^[b] when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, as his wife. ²¹ And Isaac prayed to Yahweh on behalf of his wife, for she was barren. And Yahweh responded to his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. ²² And the children in her womb jostled each other, and she said, “If it is going to be like this, why be pregnant?”^[c] And she went to inquire of Yahweh. ²³ And Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from birth^[d] shall be divided. And one people shall be stronger than the other.^[e] And the elder shall serve the younger.” ²⁴ And when her days to give birth were completed,^[f] then—behold—twins were in her womb. ²⁵ And the first came out red, all his body^[g] was like a hairy coat, so they called his name Esau. ²⁶ And afterward his brother came out, and his hand grasped the heel of Esau, so his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old^[h] at their birth.