19 These are the generations of Abraham’s son Yitshak: Abraham fathered Yitshak 20 and Yitshak was forty years old when he married Rebekah. (She was the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, the sister of Lavan the Aramean.) 21 In due course, Yitshak prayed to Yahweh on his wife’s behalf because she was barren. Yahweh answered his prayer and his wife Rebekah got pregnant, 22 but the twins kept jostling each other within her womb, so she asked, “Why’s this happening to me?” She also asked Yahweh about it 23 and he responded,[ref]

“There’s two nations inside your womb—

two different peoples will come from within you.

One group will become stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.”

24 When the time came to give birth, she gave birth to twin boys. 25 The firstborn came out quite red and covered with hair like a fur coat, so they named him ‘Esaw’ (which means ‘hairy’). 26 Then his brother was born and his hand grabbed Esaw’s heel, so he was named ‘Yacob’ (which means ‘heel-grabber’). Yitshak was sixty years old when they were born.