25:19 This is the account of Isaac, ¹  the son of Abraham.

Abraham became the father of Isaac. 25:20 When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, ²  the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean. ³ 

25:21 Isaac prayed to ⁴  the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 25:22 But the children struggled ⁵  inside her, and she said, “If it is going to be like this, I’m not so sure I want to be pregnant!” ⁶  So she asked the Lord, ⁷  25:23 and the Lord said to her,

“Two nations ⁸  are in your womb,

and two peoples will be separated from within you.

One people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.”

25:24 When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, ⁹  there were ¹⁰  twins in her womb. 25:25 The first came out reddish ¹¹  all over, ¹²  like a hairy ¹³  garment, so they named him Esau. ¹⁴  25:26 When his brother came out with ¹⁵  his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. ¹⁶  Isaac was sixty years old ¹⁷  when they were born.