21 Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 But the children struggled together within her, and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.
23 Then the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb,and two peoples will be separated from your body;one people will be stronger than the other,and the older will serve the younger.”
24 Now when the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb.
25 The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment, and they called his name Esau.
26 After that his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
27 So the boys grew. Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a calm man, living in tents.