24 sWhen her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red, all his body like a thairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. 26 uAfterward his brother came out vwith his hand holding Esau’s heel, wso his name was called Jacob.1 Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
Edom Refuses Passage
14 eMoses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met:
Edom’s Violence Against Jacob
10 fBecause of the violence done to your gbrother Jacob,
shame shall cover you,
and you shall be cut off forever.
12 But do not gloat over the day of your brother
in the day of his misfortune;
do not krejoice over the people of Judah
in the day of their ruin;
do not boast1
in the day of distress.