025:026 After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on
Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old
when she bore them.
025:027 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field.
Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
025:028 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison.
Rebekah loved Jacob.
025:029 Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field,
and he was famished.
025:030 Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew,
for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.
025:031 Jacob said, "First, sell me your birthright."
025:032 Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. What good is the
birthright to me?"
025:033 Jacob said, "Swear to me first." He swore to him.
He sold his birthright to Jacob.
025:034 Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank,
rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.
026:001 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine
that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech
king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
026:002 Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt.
Live in the land I will tell you about.
026:003 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you.
For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I
will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
026:004 I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will
give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all
the nations of the earth be blessed,
026:005 because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,