Abraham became the father of Isaac, ²⁰and Isaac was forty years old^m when he married Rebekahⁿ daughter of Bethuel^o the Aramean from Paddan Aram^c^p and sister of Laban^q the Aramean.^r

²¹Isaac 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. ²²The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.^u

²³The Lord said to her,

“Two nations^v 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”

²⁴When the time came for her to give birth,^x there were twin boys in her womb.^y ²⁵The first to come out was red,^z and his whole body was like a hairy garment;^a so they named him Esau.^d^b ²⁶After 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 old^f when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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Footnotes

cThat is, Northwest Mesopotamia
dEsau may mean hairy.
eJacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.

Cross references

lSee Ge 2:4
mver 26; Ge 26:34; 35:28
nSee Ge 24:67
oSee Ge 22:22
p Ge 28:2, 5, 6; 30:20; 31:18; 33:18; 35:9, 26; 46:15; 48:7
qSee Ge 24:29
r Ge 31:20, 24; Dt 26:5
sSee Ge 11:30
t Ge 30:17, 22; 1 Sa 1:17, 23; 1 Ch 5:20; 2 Ch 33:13; Ezr 8:23; Ps 127:3
u Ex 18:15; 28:30; 33:7; Lev 24:12; Nu 9:6–8; 27:5, 21; Dt 17:9; Jdg 18:5; 1 Sa 9:9; 10:22; 14:36; 22:10; 1 Ki 22:8; 2 Ki 3:11; 22:13; Isa 30:2; Jer 21:2; 37:7, 17; Eze 14:7; 20:1, 3
vSee Ge 17:4
wSee Ge 9:25; 48:14, 19; Ro 9:11–12*
x Lk 1:57; 2:6
y Ge 38:27
z 1 Sa 16:12
a Ge 27:11
b Ge 27:1, 15
c Ge 38:29
d Hos 12:3
e Ge 27:36; 32:27; Dt 23:7; Jos 24:4; Ob 1:10, 12
fSee ver 7, See 20