22. But the children jostled each other in the womb so much that she exclaimed, “If it is like this, why go on living!” She went to consult the Lord,
23. and the Lord answered her:Two nations are in your womb,two peoples are separating while still within you;But one will be stronger than the other,and the older will serve the younger.
24. When the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb.
25. The first to emerge was reddish, and his whole body was like a hairy mantle; so they named him Esau.
26. Next his brother came out, gripping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
27. When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country; whereas Jacob was a simple man, who stayed among the tents.