When her time came to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb.
Genesis 25:25 - Tree of Life Version Now the first came out reddish, all of him was 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, indeed there were twins in her womb.
Now it was when Isaac grew old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he said to him.
But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I’m a smooth man.
along with the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the hairless part of his neck.
He did not recognize him because his hands were like the hairy hands of his brother Esau. So he blessed him.
“I loved you,” says Adonai. But you say: “How have you loved us?” “Was Esau not Jacob’s brother?” —it is the declaration of Adonai— “Yet I loved Jacob
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. “Thus says your brother, Israel: ‘You know all the hardship that came on us.
“You are not to detest an Edomite, for he is your brother. You are not to detest an Egyptian, for you were an outsider in his land.
then to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it as his own, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.