²⁶ After this, his brother came out,^(A) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;^(B) so he was named Jacob.^[a](C) Isaac was sixty years old^(D) when Rebekah gave birth to them.

³² “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

³³ But Jacob said, “Swear^(A) to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright^(B) to Jacob.

³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew.^(C) He ate and drank, and then got up and left.

So Esau despised his birthright.