Genesis 25:22-34 ▼

22 The children struggled together within her. She said, |If all is well, why am I like this?| She went to inquire of God.

23 And he said to her, |Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.|

24 When the time came for her to give birth, look, there were twins in her womb.

25 The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.

26 After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

27 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for wild animals, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

29 Now Jacob was cooking stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.

30 Esau said to Jacob, |Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished.| Therefore his name was called Edom.

31 Jacob said, |First, sell me your birthright.|

32 Esau said, |Look, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?|

33 Jacob said, |Swear to me first.| So he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob.

34 Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.