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Genesis - ch 25 v 21 - 34
- And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren; and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebecca his wife conceived.
- And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
- And Jehovah said to her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; And one people shall be stronger than the other people, And the elder shall serve the younger.
- And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
- And the first came out red -- all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
- And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
- And the boys grew, and Esau became a man skilled in hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob was a homely man, dwelling in tents.
- And Isaac loved Esau, because venison was to his taste; and Rebecca loved Jacob.
- And Jacob had cooked a dish; and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.
- And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with the red -- the red thing there, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom.
- And Jacob said, Sell me now thy birthright.
- And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and of what use can the birthright be to me?
- And Jacob said, Swear unto me now. And he swore unto him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
- And Jacob gave Esau bread and the dish of lentils; and he ate and drank, and rose up and went away. Thus Esau despised the birthright.
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