The boys grew up and Esau became a skilled hunter, at home in the countryside. Jacob was quiet and liked to stay at home in the tents. Isaac loved Esau because he brought him tasty wild game to eat, while Rebekah loved Jacob. One day Jacob was cooking some stew when Esau got back from the countryside, tired out and starving hungry. “Give me some of that red stew,” Esau told Jacob. “I'm absolutely starving!” (That's how Esau got his other name, “Edom,” meaning “red.”) “First sell me your rights as the firstborn son,” Jacob replied. “Look! I'm dying here! What use are the rights of the firstborn to me?” Esau declared. “First you have to swear to me,” Jacob demanded. So Esau swore an oath selling his rights of the firstborn to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then he got up and left. By doing this Esau showed how little he cared for his rights as the firstborn son.
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