25:19
וְאֵ֛לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת יִצְחָ֖ק בֶּן־אַבְרָהָ֑ם
Now here is the birthings history of Isaac,
the son of Abraham:
אַבְרָהָ֖ם הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־יִצְחָֽק׃
Abraham had begotten Isaac;
25:20
וַיְהִ֤י יִצְחָק֙ בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה
And Isaac was a son of forty years,
בְּקַחְתּ֣וֹ אֶת־רִבְקָ֗ה בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל֙ הֽ͏ָאֲרַמִּ֔י מִפַּדַּ֖ן אֲרָ֑ם
When he took Rebecca,
the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean,
from Paddan-Aram (Upper-Mesopotamian flatland),
אֲח֛וֹת לָבָ֥ן הָאֲרַמִּ֖י ל֥וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to himself for wife.
25:21
וַיֶּעְתַּ֨ר יִצְחָ֤ק לֽ͏ַיהוָה֙ לְנֹ֣כַח אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ כִּ֥י עֲקָרָ֖ה הִ֑וא
Now Isaac pleaded to the LORD
—directly in front of his wife,
for she was infertile;
וַיֵּעָ֤תֶר לוֹ֙ יְהוָ֔ה וַתַּ֖הַר רִבְקָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃
And the LORD let Himself be entreated,
so Rebecca his wife conceived.
25:22
וַיִּתְרֹֽצֲצ֤וּ הַבָּנִים֙ בְּקִרְבָּ֔הּ
And the sons within her
kicked and shoved one another;
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אִם־כֵּ֔ן לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה אָנֹ֑כִי
And she said “Even though it is so,
for what reason is this state I am in?”
וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ לִדְרֹ֥שׁ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃
And she went to ask the LORD.
25:23
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה לָ֗הּ שְׁנֵ֤י גייםגוֹיִם֙ בְּבִטְנֵ֔ךְ
And the LORD said to her:
“Two nations are in your belly,
וּשְׁנֵ֣י לְאֻמִּ֔ים מִמֵּעַ֖יִךְ יִפָּרֵ֑דוּ
and two peoples shall separate themselves from your inward parts;
וּלְאֹם֙ מִלְאֹ֣ם יֶֽאֱמָ֔ץ וְרַ֖ב יַעֲבֹ֥ד צָעִֽיר׃
And one people will be stronger than the other,
but the elder, he shall serve the younger.”
25:24
וַיִּמְלְא֥וּ יָמֶ֖יהָ לָלֶ֑דֶת
And her days were fulfilled for giving birth;
וְהִנֵּ֥ה תוֹמִ֖ם בְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃
And behold there were twins in her womb!
25:25
וַיֵּצֵ֤א הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ אַדְמוֹנִ֔י כֻּלּ֖וֹ כְּאַדֶּ֣רֶת שֵׂעָ֑ר
Then the first came out, reddish,
all of him, the like of a hairy robe;
וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ שְׁמ֖וֹ עֵשָֽׂו׃
And she called his name Esau;
25:26
וְאַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֞ן יָצָ֣א אָחִ֗יו
Then afterwards his brother had come out,
וְיָד֤וֹ אֹחֶ֙זֶת֙ בַּעֲקֵ֣ב עֵשָׂ֔ו
Together with his hand having taken hold on the heel of Esau;
וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ יַעֲקֹ֑ב
And he called his name Jacob (Ja’akov – he will take by the heel);
וְיִצְחָ֛ק בֶּן־שִׁשִּׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה בְּלֶ֥דֶת אֹתָֽם׃ ס
And Isaac was a son of sixty years, when birthing them.
25:27
וֽ͏ַיִּגְדְּלוּ֙ הַנְּעָרִ֔ים
Now the boys grew up,
וַיְהִ֣י עֵשָׂ֗ו אִ֛ישׁ יֹדֵ֥עַ צַ֖יִד אִ֣ישׁ שָׂדֶ֑ה
And Esau became a man skilful in hunting,
וְיַעֲקֹב֙ אִ֣ישׁ תָּ֔ם יֹשֵׁ֖ב אֹהָלִֽים׃
But Jacob a plain man,
one who inhabits tents;
25:28
וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב יִצְחָ֛ק אֶת־עֵשָׂ֖ו כִּי־צַ֣יִד בְּפִ֑יו
And Isaac loved Esau,
Because game was congenial to his taste,
וְרִבְקָ֖ה אֹהֶ֥בֶת אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃
But Rebecca was the one who loved Jacob.
25:29
וַיָּ֥זֶד יַעֲקֹ֖ב נָזִ֑יד
Now Jacob cooked up a stew;
וַיָּבֹ֥א עֵשָׂ֛ו מִן־הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וְה֥וּא עָיֵֽף׃
Then Esau came in from the country,
and he was famished;
25:30
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר עֵשָׂ֜ו אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֗ב
And Esau said to Jacob:
הַלְעִיטֵ֤נִי נָא֙ מִן־הָאָדֹ֤ם הָאָדֹם֙ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֥י עָיֵ֖ף אָנֹ֑כִי
“Let me please gulp down
some of the reddish stuff,— this reddish stuff,
for I am famished.”
עַל־כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא־שְׁמ֖וֹ אֱדֽוֹם׃
Therefore he had called his name “Edom” (Red).
25:31
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֑ב
But Jacob said
מִכְרָ֥ה כַיּ֛וֹם אֶת־בְּכֹֽרָתְךָ֖ לִֽי׃
“Sell me your birth-right as of today!”
25:32
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר עֵשָׂ֔ו
Then Esau said:
הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י הוֹלֵ֖ךְ לָמ֑וּת
Look, I am going to die!
וְלָמָּה־זֶּ֥ה לִ֖י בְּכֹרָֽה׃
So what good is this birthright to me!
25:33
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֗ב
Furthermore Jacob said:
הִשָּׁ֤בְעָה לִּי֙ כַּיּ֔וֹם
“Pledge yourself to me in completeness and finality
as of this day.”
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע ל֑וֹ
Then he pledged himself to him;
וַיִּמְכֹּ֥ר אֶת־בְּכֹרָת֖וֹ לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃
So he sold his birthright to Jacob.
25:34
וְיַעֲקֹ֞ב נָתַ֣ן לְעֵשָׂ֗ו לֶ֚חֶם וּנְזִ֣יד עֲדָשִׁ֔ים
Then Jacob had given Esau bread and red lentil stew,
וַיֹּ֣אכַל וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ וַיָּ֖קָם וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ
and he ate and he drank, then he got up and he departed;
וַיִּ֥בֶז עֵשָׂ֖ו אֶת־הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃ ס
And so Esau despised the birth-right.
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