Esau Sells His Birthright

27 When the boys grew up, Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman,[a] but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.[b] 28 Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for wild game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.(A)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 25:27 Lit a man of the field
  2. 25:27 Lit man living in tents

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