28. Isaac liked the meat of wild animals. So Esau was his favorite son. But Rebekah's favorite was Jacob.
29. One day Jacob was cooking some stew. Esau came in from the open country. He was very hungry.
30. He said to Jacob, "Quick! Let me have some of that red stew! I'm very hungry!" That's why he was also named Edom.
31. Jacob replied, "First sell me the rights that belong to you as the oldest son in the family."
32. "Look, I'm dying of hunger," Esau said. "What good are those rights to me?"
33. But Jacob said, "First promise me with an oath that you are selling me your rights." So Esau promised to do it. He sold Jacob all of the rights that belonged to him as the oldest son.