Chapter 25
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And these are the generations of Isaac, son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac.
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And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
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And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife because she was barren, and the LORD let himself be entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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And the sons struggled together within her, and she said, "If it is like this, why this to me?" And she went to inquire of the LORD.
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And the LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will separate from your insides; and the people greater than the people will be strong, and the many will serve the younger."
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And her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, and behold, twins were in her womb.
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And the first came out red, all of him like a garment of hair, and they called his name Esau.
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And after this his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel, and he called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when he fathered them.
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And the boys grew up, and Esau became a man knowing hunting, a man of the field, and Jacob, a man of tents, sat in tents.
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And Isaac loved Esau because game was in his mouth, and Rebekah loved Jacob.
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And Jacob boiled a stew, and Esau came from the field, and he was weary.
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And Esau said to Jacob, "Feed me, please, from the red stuff, the red stuff this—for I am weary." Therefore his name was called Edom.
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And Jacob said, "Sell me your firstborn today."
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And Esau said, "Look, I am going to die. What does this birthright mean to me?"
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And Jacob said, "Swear to me today." And he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob.
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And Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and got up and went away. And Esau despised the birthright.