Genesis 25:19–34 · BSB
25:19
This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
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and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
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Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
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But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,
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and He declared to her: “Two nations 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.”
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When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
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The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
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After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
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When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
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Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
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One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
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He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
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“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
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“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
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“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
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Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
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