Catholic Public Domain Version

Genesis 25:26-34 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

26. Isaac was sixty years old when the little ones were born to him.

27. And as adults, Esau became a knowledgeable hunter and a man of agriculture, but Jacob, a simple man, dwelt in tents.

28. Isaac was fond of Esau, because he was fed from his hunting; and Rebekah loved Jacob.

29. Then Jacob boiled a small meal. Esau, when he had arrived weary from the field,

30. said to him, "Give me this red stew, for I am very tired." For this reason, his name was called Edom.

31. Jacob said to him, "Sell me your right of the firstborn."

32. He answered, "Lo, I am dying, what will the right of the firstborn provide for me?"

33. Jacob said, "So then, swear to me." Esau swore to him, and he sold his right of the firstborn.

34. And so, taking bread and the food of lentils, he ate, and he drank, and he went away, giving little weight to having sold the right of the firstborn.