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• Then his brother was born, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old at the time of their birth. (Genesis 25, 26)

• When the boys grew up Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open country. Jacob on the other hand was a quiet man, staying at home among the tents. (Genesis 25, 27)

• Isaac preferred Esau, for he had a taste for wild game; but Rebekah preferred Jacob. (Genesis 25, 28)

• Once, when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau returned from the countryside exhausted. (Genesis 25, 29)

• Esau said to Jacob, 'Give me a mouthful of that red stuff there; I am exhausted' -- hence the name given to him, Edom. (Genesis 25, 30)

• Jacob said, 'First, give me your birthright in exchange.' (Genesis 25, 31)

• Then Jacob said, 'First give me your oath'; he gave him his oath and sold his birthright to Jacob. (Genesis 25, 33)

• Then Jacob gave him some bread and lentil stew; he ate, drank, got up and went away. That was all Esau cared about his birthright. (Genesis 25, 34)

• Rebekah said to her son Jacob, 'I have just heard your father saying to your brother Esau, (Genesis 27, 6)

• Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, 'Look, my brother Esau is hairy, while I am smooth-skinned. (Genesis 27, 11)

• Rebekah took her elder son Esau's best clothes, which she had at home, and dressed her younger son Jacob in them, (Genesis 27, 15)

• She then handed the special dish and the bread she had made to her son Jacob. (Genesis 27, 17)