19 These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the ^lAramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was ^mbarren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 The children ⁿstruggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?”¹ So she went to ^oinquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her,

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.³ Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

27 When the boys grew up, Esau was a ^xskillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. 28 Isaac ^yloved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.