20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the 25:20 I.e., SyrianAramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the 25:20 I.e., SyrianAramean, to be his wife. 21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children; and the Lord25:21 Lit was entreated of himanswered him, and his wife Rebekah conceived. 22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why am I in this condition?" So she went to inquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her,
"Two nations are in your womb;
And two peoples will be separated from your body;
And one people will be stronger than the other;
And the older will serve the younger."
26 Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so he was named 25:26 I.e., one who takes by the heel or supplantsJacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.
27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a 25:27 Lit completecivilized man, living in tents. 28 Now Isaac loved Esau because 25:28 Lit game was in his mouthhe had a taste for game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.