25:21 Isaac prayed to ¹  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 ²  inside her, and she said, “If it is going to be like this, I’m not so sure I want to be pregnant!” ³  So she asked the Lord, ⁴  25:23 and the Lord said to her,

“Two nations ⁵  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, ⁶  there were ⁷  twins in her womb. 25:25 The first came out reddish ⁸  all over, ⁹  like a hairy ¹⁰  garment, so they named him Esau. ¹¹  25:26 When his brother came out with ¹²  his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. ¹³  Isaac was sixty years old ¹⁴  when they were born.