27 As the boys grew up, Esav (Esau) got good at hunting, a man of the outdoors, but Ya’akov (Jacob) was a quiet man who stayed around the tents. 28 Yitshak (Isaac) liked the taste of game meat so he loved Esav, but Rivkah loved Ya’akov.

29 One day, Ya’akov was cooking some stew when Esav arrived home from being out, and he was very hungry 30 and asked Ya’akov, “I’m starving—can I have some of that yummy-looking red stuff.” (After that, Esav’s nickname became ‘Edom’, meaning ‘red’.)

31 “Well, now,” Ya’akov answered, “sell me your future inheritance.”

32 “Listen, I’m dying of starvation,” said Esav, “so what use would a future inheritance be to me?”

33 “Well then, make a vow to me,” insisted Ya’akov.

So Esav promised him, effectively selling his future inheritance to Ya’akov,[ref] 34 and Ya’akov gave him some of the lentil stew and some bread. So Esav ate and drank and left again, thus despising his own inheritance as firstborn son.