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Genesis 25:19-34 — Jacob and Esau
Gen.25.19-34
19This is the account of Isaac, son of Abraham: Abraham fathered Isaac. 20Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as his wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean. 21Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD answered him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is so, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD. 23And the LORD said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; one people shall be stronger than another, and the older shall serve the younger.” 24When her days were fulfilled for giving birth, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25The first came out reddish, all of him like a hairy cloak, and they called his name Esau . 26Afterward his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel, so he was named Jacob . Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. 27The boys grew up, and Esau became skillful at hunting, a man of the field; but Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. 28Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29Jacob was cooking stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 30Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me gulp down some of this red, red stew, because I am exhausted.” Therefore he was called Edom . 31Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright today.” 32Esau said, “Look, I am about to die, so what use is a birthright to me?” 33Jacob said, “Swear to me today.” So he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob. 34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew , and he ate and drank and rose and went away. So Esau despised the birthright.
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4/11/2026
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