Genesis 25:25-27

Christian Standard Bible

²⁵The first one came out red-looking,^[a] covered with hair^[b] like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.^(A) ²⁶After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel with his hand.^(B) So he was named Jacob.^[c]^(C) Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

Esau Sells His Birthright

²⁷When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman,^[d] but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.^[e]

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Footnotes

25:25 In Hb, red-looking sounds like “Edom”; Gn 32:3.
25:25 In Hb, hair sounds like “Seir”; Gn 32:3.
25:26 = He Grasps the Heel
25:27 Lit a man of the field
25:27 Lit man living in tents

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