all day making a big pot of chili (or red bean soup as the Bible describes it). Jacob teased Esau: “Hey, Big Red, did ya catch anything today?” “No I didn’t, Mama’s Boy, and I’m starving. Give me some of that red stuff.” Esau reached for the chili, but Jacob pulled it away. “First, sell me your birthright,” insisted Jacob (Genesis 25:31). Yes, Jacob might have been joking. However, there is always a little truth behind every good joke. In Hebrew, Jacob’s name means “conniver, manipulator, deceiver.”