Genesis 25
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Genesis 25:25-30

25The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau.

26Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

27When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.

28Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

29Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted.

30And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.)

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