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His brother came out next, gripping Esau's heel; so they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. (Genesis 25, 26)
As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man who lived in the open; whereas Jacob was a simple man, who kept to his tents. (Genesis 25, 27)
Isaac preferred Esau, because he was fond of game; but Rebekah preferred Jacob. (Genesis 25, 28)
Once, when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the open, famished. (Genesis 25, 29)
He said to Jacob, "Let me gulp down some of that red stuff; I'm starving." (That is why he was called Edom.) (Genesis 25, 30)
But Jacob replied, "First give me your birthright in exchange for it." (Genesis 25, 31)
But Jacob insisted, "Swear to me first!" So he sold Jacob his birthright under oath. (Genesis 25, 33)
Jacob then gave him some bread and the lentil stew; and Esau ate, drank, got up, and went his way. Esau cared little for his birthright. (Genesis 25, 34)
Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "Listen! I overheard your father tell your brother Esau, (Genesis 27, 6)
"But my brother Esau is a hairy man," said Jacob to his mother Rebekah, "and I am smooth-skinned! (Genesis 27, 11)
So Jacob went and got them and brought them to his mother; and with them she prepared an appetizing dish, such as his father liked. (Genesis 27, 14)
Rebekah then took the best clothes of her older son Esau that she had in the house, and gave them to her younger son Jacob to wear; (Genesis 27, 15)