26. When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
27. When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.
28. Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29. Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.
30. So Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me some of the red stuff – yes, this red stuff – because I’m starving!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
31. But Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”