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Genesis 25:26-28
Good News Translation
Genesis 25:26-28
Good News Translation
26 The second one was born holding on tightly to the heel of Esau, so he was named Jacob.[a] Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
Esau Sells His Rights as the First-Born Son
27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoors, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. 28 Isaac preferred Esau, because he enjoyed eating the animals Esau killed, but Rebecca preferred Jacob.
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- Genesis 25:26 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “heel.”
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