25 The first one came out red-looking,[a] covered with hair[b] like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.(A) 26 After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel with his hand.(B) So he was named Jacob.[c](C) Isaac was 60 years old when they were born.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:25 In Hb, the word red-looking sounds like “Edom”; Gn 32:3.
  2. Genesis 25:25 In Hb, the word hair sounds like “Seir”; Gn 32:3.
  3. Genesis 25:26 = He Grasps the Heel

25 The first to come out was red,(A) and his whole body was like a hairy garment;(B) so they named him Esau.[a](C) 26 After this, his brother came out,(D) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;(E) so he was named Jacob.[b](F) Isaac was sixty years old(G) when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:25 Esau may mean hairy.
  2. Genesis 25:26 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.

19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom),
and these are their chiefs.

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19 These were the sons of Esau(A) (that is, Edom),(B) and these were their chiefs.(C)

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