Esau

and the first cometh out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;

and afterwards hath his brother come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau's heel, and one calleth his name Jacob; and Isaac is a son of sixty years in her bearing them.

And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted with hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob is a plain man, inhabiting tents;

and Isaac loveth Esau, for his hunting is in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.

And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he is weary;

and Esau saith unto Jacob, `Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I am weary;' therefore hath one called his name Edom Red ;

And Esau saith, `Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me--birthright?'

and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright.

And Esau is a son of forty years, and he taketh a wife, Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite,

And it cometh to pass that Isaac is aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, `My son;' and he saith unto him, `Here am I.'

And Rebekah is hearkening while Isaac is speaking unto Esau his son; and Esau goeth to the field to hunt provision--to bring in;

and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying, `Lo, I have heard thy father speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying,

And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man,

and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which are with her in the house, and doth put on Jacob her younger son;

And Jacob saith unto his father, `I am Esau thy first-born; I have done as thou hast spoken unto me; rise, I pray thee, sit, and eat of my provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.'

And Isaac saith unto Jacob, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou art he, my son Esau, or not.'

And Jacob cometh nigh unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and saith, `The voice is the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.'

And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him,

and saith, `Thou art he--my son Esau?' and he saith, `I am .'

And it cometh to pass, as Isaac hath finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother hath come in from his hunting;

And Isaac his father saith to him, `Who art thou?' and he saith, `I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau;'

When Esau heareth the words of his father, then he crieth a very great and bitter cry, and saith to his father, `Bless me, me also, O my father;'

And Isaac answereth and saith to Esau, `Lo, a mighty one have I set him over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and wine have I sustained him; and for thee now, what shall I do, my son?'

And Esau saith unto his father, `One blessing hast thou my father? bless me, me also, O my father;' and Esau lifteth up his voice, and weepeth.

And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning for my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'