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Genesis 25:25-30

25Now the firstהָרִאשׁוֹן֙ha.ri.shOnH7223cameH3318outH3318redאַדְמוֹנִ֔י'ad.mo.NiH132,allכֻּלּ֖וֹku.LoH3605over like a hairyשֵׂעָ֑רse.'ArH8181garmentכְּאַדֶּ֣רֶתke.'a.De.retH155;and they namedוַיִּקְרְא֥וּ שְׁמ֖וֹvai.yik.re.'U she.MoH7121 H8034him Esauעֵשָֽׂו׃'e.SavH6215.

26Afterwardוְאַֽחֲרֵי־ve.'a.cha.rei-H310his brotherאָחִ֗יו'a.ChivH251cameH3318outH3318withhis handוְיָד֤וֹve.ya.DoH3027holdingאֹחֶ֙זֶת֙'o.Che.zetH270on to Esau’sעֵשָׂ֔ו'e.SavH6215heelבַּעֲקֵ֣בba.'a.KevH6119, sohe was namedוַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹvai.yik.Ra' she.MoH7121 H8034Jacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290;and Isaacוְיִצְחָ֛קve.yitz.ChakH3327wassixtyשִׁשִּׁ֥יםshi.ShimH8346yearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when she gaveH3205birthH3205to them.

27When the boysהַנְּעָרִ֔יםha.ne.'a.RimH5288grewH1431upH1431,Esauעֵשָׂ֗ו'e.SavH6215becameוַיְהִ֣יvay.HiH1961a skillfulיֹדֵ֥עַyo.De.a'H3045hunterאִ֛ישׁ צַ֖יִד'ish Tza.yidH376 H6718,a manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376of the fieldשָׂדֶ֑הsa.DehH7704;but Jacobוְיַעֲקֹב֙ve.ya.'a.KoH3290was acivilizedתָּ֔םTamH8535manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376,livingיֹשֵׁ֖בyo.ShevH3427in tentsאֹהָלִֽים׃'o.ha.LimH168.

28Now Isaacיִצְחָ֛קyitz.ChakH3327lovedוַיֶּאֱהַ֥בvai.ye.'e.HavH157Esauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215becauseכִּי־ki-H3588he hada tasteבְּפִ֑יוbe.FivH6310for gameצַ֣יִדTza.yidH6718;but Rebekahוְרִבְקָ֖הve.riv.KahH7259lovedאֹהֶ֥בֶת'o.He.vetH157Jacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290.

29When Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290had cookedוַיָּ֥זֶדvai.Ya.zedH2102astewנָזִ֑ידna.ZidH5138one day,Esauעֵשָׂ֛ו'e.SavH6215cameH935inH935from the fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.DehH7704and he was exhaustedעָיֵֽף׃'a.YefH5889;

30and Esauעֵשָׂ֜ו'e.SavH6215saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Jacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290, “Pleaseנָא֙na'H4994let me haveH3938aH3938mouthfulH3938ofthat redH122stuffאֱדֽוֹם׃'e.DomH123there, for I am exhaustedעָיֵ֖ף'a.YefH5889.”Thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֥ן'al- kenH5921 H3651he was calledקָרָֽא־ka.ra'-H7121EdomH112bynameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034.

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