18. Now he had lived from Havilah as far as Shur, which overlooks Egypt as it approaches the Assyrians. He passed away in the sight of all his brothers.
19. Likewise, these are the generations of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham conceived Isaac,
20. who, when he was forty years old, took Rebekah, the sister of Laban, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian from Mesopotamia, as a wife.
21. And Isaac beseeched the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And he heard him, and he gave conception to Rebekah.
22. But the little ones struggled in her womb. So she said, "If it was to be so with me, what need was there to conceive?" And she went to consult the Lord.
23. And responding, he said, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be divided out of your womb, and one people will overcome the other people, and the elder will serve the younger."
24. Now the time had arrived to give birth, and behold, twins were discovered in her womb.
25. He who departed first was red, and entirely hairy like a pelt; and his name was called Esau. At once the other departed and he held his brother's foot in his hand; and because of this he was called Jacob.
26. Isaac was sixty years old when the little ones were born to him.
27. And as adults, Esau became a knowledgeable hunter and a man of agriculture, but Jacob, a simple man, dwelt in tents.
28. Isaac was fond of Esau, because he was fed from his hunting; and Rebekah loved Jacob.
29. Then Jacob boiled a small meal. Esau, when he had arrived weary from the field,