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.

²⁷ The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter,^(E) a man of the open country,^(F) while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. ²⁸ Isaac, who had a taste for wild game,^(G) loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.^(H)