He took his last breath and died at a ripe old age, old and contented, and he was gathered to his people.

But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water that had covered the earth was dried up. Then Noah removed the ark’s cover and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.

The first one came out red-looking, covered with hair like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.

Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore to Jacob and sold his birthright to him.

And he told the first one: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to? Where are you going? And whose animals are these ahead of you?’

He put the female slaves and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.

As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand, and the midwife took it and tied a scarlet thread around it, announcing, “This one came out first.”

But then he pulled his hand back, and his brother came out. Then she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.