Isaac’s Sons

¹⁹ Now these are the records of ^(A)the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac; ²⁰ and Isaac was forty years old when he took ^(B)Rebekah, the ^(C)daughter of Bethuel the ^[a]Aramean of Paddan-aram, the ^(D)sister of Laban the ^[b]Aramean, to be his wife. ²¹ Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children; and ^(E)the Lord ^[c]answered him, and his wife Rebekah ^(F)conceived. ²² But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why am I in this condition?” So she went to ^(G)inquire of the Lord. ²³ And the Lord said to her,

²⁴ When her days leading to the delivery were at an end, behold, there were twins in her womb. ²⁵ Now the first came out red, ^(K)all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. ²⁶ Afterward his brother came out with ^(L)his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so ^(M)he was named ^[d]Jacob; and Isaac was ^(N)sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

²⁷ When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a ^[e]civilized man, ^(O)living in tents. ²⁸ Now Isaac loved Esau because ^[f]he had ^(P)a taste for game; ^(Q)but Rebekah loved Jacob. ²⁹ When Jacob had cooked a ^(R)stew one day, Esau came in from the field and he was exhausted; ³⁰ and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a mouthful of ^[g]that red stuff there, for I am exhausted.” Therefore he was called ^[h]Edom by name. ³¹ But Jacob said, “^[i]First sell me your ^(S)birthright.” ³² Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?” ³³ And Jacob said, “^[j]First swear to me”; so he swore an oath to him, and ^(T)sold his birthright to Jacob. ³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and got up and went on his way. So Esau despised his birthright.