hirsute, Jacob was stubble-challenged (27:11). Esau went out and hunted wild game, while Jacob stayed at home and cooked (25:27–34). Isaac loved Esau because he was a man’s man (and perhaps because he was the older child, in a culture that valued such things). Rebekah loved Jacob because he helped out around the house (and perhaps because she recalled the divine oracle about his becoming the greater of the brothers; see 25:23). They may have been twins, but they were polar opposites. Researchers