Genesis 25:27-34

International Standard Version

²⁷ As the boys were growing up, Esau became skilled at hunting and was a man of the outdoors, but Jacob was the quiet type who tended to stay indoors. ²⁸ Isaac loved Esau, because he loved to hunt, while Rebekah loved Jacob. ²⁹ One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau happened to come in from being outdoors, and he was feeling famished.

³⁰ Esau told Jacob, “Let me gobble down some of this red stuff, since I’m starving.” (That’s how Esau got his nickname “Edom”.)^[a]

³¹ But Jacob responded, “Sell me your birthright. Do it now.”^[b]

³² “Look! I’m about to die,” Esau replied. “What good is this birthright to me?”

³³ But Jacob insisted, “Swear it by an oath right now.” So he swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. ³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau some of his food, along with some boiled stew. So Esau ate, drank, got up, and left, after having belittled his own birthright.