24When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb. 25The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau. 26After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. 28Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob
a “heel-catcher” meant something in that day. It had the idea of “trickster,” “con-man,” “scoundrel,” or “rascal.” It wasn’t a compliment.
We will see later in Genesis 27 how Jacob tricked Isaac into believing he was Esau.
The Hebrew word for mild or quiet has a meaning of wholeness not weak or effeminate.
It’s interesting to see the different personalities of these twin brothers and how each parent had a favorite son they loved.
Blessings, David
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