Genesis:25:19-27

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* And these are the generations of Isaac , Abraham 's son . Abraham begot Isaac . * And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife , the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-Aram , the sister of Laban the Syrian . * And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife , because she was barren ; and Jehovah was entreated of him , and Rebecca his wife conceived . * And the children struggled together within her ; and she said , If [it be ] so , why am I thus ? And she went to inquire of Jehovah . * And Jehovah said to her , Two nations are in thy womb , And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels ; And one people shall be stronger than the other people , And the elder shall serve the younger . * And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled , behold , there were twins in her womb . * And the first came out red -- all over like a hairy garment ; and they called his name Esau . * And after that came his brother out ; and his hand took hold of Esau 's heel ; and his name was called Jacob . And Isaac was sixty years old when they were born . * And the boys grew , and Esau became a man skilled in hunting , a man of the field ; and Jacob was a homely man , dwelling in tents .

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