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Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.

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highlighted Genesis 25:33 NLT

But Jacob said, “First you must swear that your birthright is mine.” So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob.

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highlighted Genesis 25:31 NLT

“All right,” Jacob replied, “but trade me your rights as the firstborn son.”

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highlighted Genesis 25:29 NLT

One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry.

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highlighted Genesis 25:28 NLT

Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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highlighted Genesis 25:27 NLT

As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter. He was an outdoorsman, but Jacob had a quiet temperament, preferring to stay at home.

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highlighted Genesis 25:26 NLT

Then the other twin was born with his hand grasping Esau’s heel. So they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

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highlighted Genesis 25:25 NLT

The first one was very red at birth and covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau.

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highlighted Genesis 25:22-23 NLT

But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask the LORD about it. “Why is this happening to me?” she asked.

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highlighted Genesis 25:21 NLT

Isaac pleaded with the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The LORD answered Isaac’s prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.

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highlighted Genesis 25:19 NLT

This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham.

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highlighted Genesis 25:18 NLT

Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.

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