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Genesis 25:25-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 25:25-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 The first came out red, all his body like a hairy mantle, so they named him Esau.(A) 26 Afterward his brother came out, with his hand gripping Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob.[a] Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.(B)
27 When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.(C)
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- 25.26 That is, he takes by the heel or he supplants
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