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And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau. [fn]

Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; so his name was called Jacob. [fn] Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.

And Esau said, "Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?"

Then Jacob said, "Swear to me as of this day." So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

So Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Quite obviously she is your wife; so how could you say, "She is my sister'?" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, "Lest I die on account of her.'

So Abimelech charged all his people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."

for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, [fn] because they quarreled with him.

Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah. [fn]

And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, [fn] because he said, "For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land."

So he built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

But they said, "We have certainly seen that the LORD is with you. So we said, "Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a covenant with you,

So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

So he called it Shebah. [fn] Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba [fn] to this day.

Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son." And he answered him, "Here I am."

So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

So he went to his father and said, "My father." And he said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"

But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" And he said, "Because the LORD your God brought it to me."