GENESIS 25:27–34 THE FIRST EPISODE recorded in Scripture of Jacob’s life which occurred after his birth came many years after his birth. By the time of this episode, Jacob and his twin brother Esau had grown up to manhood. This episode concerns the birthright and how Jacob bartered with Esau to get Esau to sell the birthright to Jacob. It is an event which focuses on the main issue between the lives of these two brothers in the household of Isaac. Because the chief significance of this