When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
Genesis 25:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The first one came out red-looking, covered with hair like a fur coat, and they named him Esau. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The first came out red all over like a hairy garment, and they named him Esau [hairy]. American Standard Version (1901) And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. Common English Bible The first came out red all over, clothed with hair, and she named him Esau. Catholic Public Domain Version He who departed first was red, and entirely hairy like a pelt; and his name was called Esau. At once the other departed and he held his brother's foot in his hand; and because of this he was called Jacob. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Immediately the other coming forth, held his brother's foot in his hand, and therefore he was called Jacob. |
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his elder son Esau and said to him, ‘My son.’ And he answered, ‘Here I am.’
Jacob answered Rebekah his mother, ‘Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am a man with smooth skin.
She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
He did not recognise him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
‘I have loved you,’ says the Lord. Yet you ask, ‘How have you loved us? ’ ‘Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother? ’ This is the Lord’s declaration. ‘Even so, I loved Jacob,
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, ‘This is what your brother Israel says, “You know all the hardships that have overtaken us.
The children born to them in the third generation may enter the Lord’s assembly.
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession. ‘ “Jacob and his sons, however, went down to Egypt.