Genesis 25:19-34 - Jacob And Esau
19 And, these, are the generations of Isaac, son of Abraham, - Abraham, begat Isaac; 20 and it came to pass that, Isaac, was forty years old, when he took Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of the Plain of Syria, - sister of Laban the Syrian. to himself to wife. 21 So then Isaac made entreaty unto Yahweh in behalf of his wife, for she was, barren, - and Yahweh suffered himself to be entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the sons within her struggled together, so she said - If so, wherefore now am, I, thus ? And she went to seek Yahweh. 23 And Yahweh said to her. Two nations, are in thy womb, And two races, from thy body, shall be parted, - And, one race, shall be stronger, than the other race, And the elder, shall serve the younger.
24 Then were fulfilled her days to bring forth, - and lo! twins in her womb. 25 And the first came forth red, all over, as a mantle of hair, - so they called his name, Esau, 26 And, after that, came forth his brother with his hand fast hold of the heel of Esau, so they called his name Jacob - Now, Isaac, was sixty years old when she bare them,
27 And when the youths grew up, it came to pass that Esau was a man skilled in game a man of the field, - but, Jacob, was a ready man, dwelling in tents. 28 And, Isaac, loved, Esau, because of the game he put in his mouth, - but, Rebekah, was a lover of Jacob!.
29 And Jacob had boiled pottage, - when Esau came in from the field, he, being famished. 30 So Esau said unto Jacob. Do let me devour some of the red - this red, for, famished, I am. For this cause, was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, - Come sell, just now, thy birthright unto me.
32 And Esau said, Here am I, on the point of dying, - wherefore, then, should I, have, a birthright?
33 And Jacob said, Come swear to me just now! And he sware to him, - and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 And Jacob, having given to Esau bread and a dish of lentils, he did eat and drink and rose up, and went his way, - thus Esau despised his birthright!