The Birth of Isaac’s Sons Jacob and Esau

25:19-26

19 And these are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 then Isaac was a son of forty years when he took Rebekah for himself as a wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean. 21 And Isaac entreated Yahweh on behalf of his wife because she was barren. So Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled against each other inside her, so she said, “Why is this so? Why am I like this?” And she went to inquire of Yahweh. 23 And Yahweh said to her,

“Two nations are inside your womb,

and two peoples will be divided from inside your womb.

And one people will be stronger than the other people,

and the older will serve the younger.”

24 Then her days were fulfilled to deliver, and behold, twins were inside her womb. 25 And the first came out red; all of him was like a garment of hair, so they called his name Esau. 26 Then after that, his brother came out, and his hand was grabbing on to the heel of Esau, so he called his name Jacob. And Isaac was a son of sixty years when she bore them.