Genesis 25:19-27

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Jacob and Esau

¹⁹This is the account^(A) of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac.

Abraham became the father of Isaac, ²⁰and Isaac was forty years old^(B) when he married Rebekah^(C) daughter of Bethuel^(D) the Aramean from Paddan Aram^[a]^(E) and sister of Laban^(F) the Aramean.^(G)

²¹Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless.^(H) The Lord answered his prayer,^(I) and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. ²²The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.^(J)

²³The Lord said to her,

“Two nations^(K) are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger.^(L)”

²⁴When the time came for her to give birth,^(M) there were twin boys in her womb.^(N) ²⁵The first to come out was red,^(O) and his whole body was like a hairy garment;^(P) so they named him Esau.^[b]^(Q) ²⁶After this, his brother came out,^(R) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;^(S) so he was named Jacob.^[c]^(T) Isaac was sixty years old^(U) when Rebekah gave birth to them.

²⁷The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter,^(V) a man of the open country,^(W) while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.

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Notas al pie

Genesis 25:20 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
Genesis 25:25 Esau may mean hairy.
Genesis 25:26 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.

Luke 5:1-11

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Jesus Calls His First Disciples^(A)

5 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,^[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.^(B) ²He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. ³He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.^(C)

⁴When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”^(D)

⁵Simon answered, “Master,^(E) we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything.^(F) But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

⁶When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.^(G) ⁷So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

⁸When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”^(H) ⁹For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, ¹⁰and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.

Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid;^(I) from now on you will fish for people.” ¹¹So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.^(J)

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