Genesis 25:25-34 ▼

25 Now the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.

26 Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob; and Isaac was 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 civilized man, living in tents.

28 Now Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

29 When Jacob had cooked a 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 that red stuff there, for I am exhausted.” Therefore he was called Edom by name.

31 But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.”

32 Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?”

33 And Jacob said, “First swear to me”; so he swore an oath to him, and 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.