Genesis 25:19–26

Jacob and Esau

19 This is the accountl of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac.

Abraham became the father of Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years oldm when he married Rebekahn daughter of Bethuelo the Aramean from Paddan Aramc p and sister of Labanq the Aramean.r

21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless.s The Lord answered his prayer,t and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22 The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.u

23 The Lord said to her,

“Two nationsv are in your womb,

and two peoples from within you will be separated;

one people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.w”

24 When the time came for her to give birth,x there were twin boys in her womb.y 25 The first to come out was red,z and his whole body was like a hairy garment;a so they named him Esau.d b 26 After this, his brother came out,c with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;d so he was named Jacob.e e Isaac was sixty years oldf when Rebekah gave birth to them.

l	Ge 2:4
m	Ge 25:26 Ge 26:34 Ge 35:28
n	Ge 24:67
o	Ge 22:22
c	That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
p	Ge 28:2 Ge 28:5 Ge 28:6 Ge 30:20 Ge 31:18 Ge 33:18 Ge 35:9 Ge 35:26 Ge 46:15 Ge 48:7
q	Ge 24:29
r	Ge 31:20 Ge 31:24 Dt 26:5
s	Ge 11:30
t	Ge 30:17 Ge 30:22 1 Sa 1:17 1 Sa 1:23 1 Ch 5:20 2 Ch 33:13 Ezr 8:23 Ps 127:3
u	Ex 18:15 Ex 28:30 Ex 33:7 Le 24:12 Nu 9:6–8 Nu 27:5 Nu 27:21 Dt 17:9 Jdg 18:5 1 Sa 9:9 1 Sa 10:22 1 Sa 14:36 1 Sa 22:10 1 Ki 22:8 2 Ki 3:11 2 Ki 22:13 Is 30:2 Je 21:2 Je 37:7 Je 37:17 Eze 14:7 Eze 20:1 Eze 20:3
v	Ge 17:4
w	Ge 9:25 Ge 48:14 Ge 48:19 Ro 9:11–12
x	Lk 1:57 Lk 2:6
y	Ge 38:27
z	1 Sa 16:12
a	Ge 27:11
d	Esau may mean hairy.
b	Ge 27:1 Ge 27:15
c	Ge 38:29
d	Ho 12:3
e	Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
e	Ge 27:36 Ge 32:27 Dt 23:7 Jos 24:4 Ob 10 Ob 12
f	Ge 25:7 Ge 25:20