²⁶ When ·the second baby [^Lhis brother] ·was born [^Lcame out], ·he [^Lhis hand] was ·holding on to [gripping; grabbing] Esau’s heel, so that baby was named Jacob [^Csounds like Hebrew for “heel”; grabbing a heel is a Hebrew idiom for tricking someone]. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

²⁷ When the boys grew up, Esau became a ·skilled [experienced] hunter. He ·loved to be out in the fields [^Lwas a man of the fields]. But Jacob was a ·quiet [or mild; or blameless] man ·and stayed among the [^Lliving in] tents. ²⁸ Isaac loved Esau because ·he hunted the wild animals that Isaac enjoyed eating [^Lgame was in his (Isaac’s) mouth]. But Rebekah loved Jacob.