23 And responding, he said, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be divided out of your womb, and one people will overcome the other people, and the elder will serve the younger.”

24 Now the time had arrived to give birth, and behold, twins were discovered in her womb.

25 He who departed first was red, and entirely hairy like a pelt; and his name was called Esau. At once the other departed and he held his brother’s foot in his hand; and because of this he was called Jacob.

26 Isaac was sixty years old when the little ones were born to him.

Genesis 25:23-26, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.
Genesis 24
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