Genesis 25:24–34

²⁴When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb. ²⁵The first one came out red-looking, covered with hair like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.^{v 26}After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel with his hand.^w So he was named Jacob.^Kx Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

ESAU SELLS HIS BIRTHRIGHT

²⁷When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman,^L but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.^{M 28}Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for wild game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.^y

²⁹Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field exhausted. ³⁰He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I’m exhausted.” That is why he was also named Edom.^N

³¹Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

³²“Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

³³Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore to Jacob and sold his birthright to him. ³⁴Then Jacob gave bread and lentil stew to Esau; he ate, drank, got up, and went away. So Esau despised his birthright.^z