Genesis 25:24-26

24 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.

25 The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.^[a]

26 After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob.^[b] Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

Genesis 25:24-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 25

This chapter contains an account of Abraham's marriage with another woman, and of the children he had by her and of their posterity Ge 25:1-4; of Abraham's disposal of his substance; and his sons, Ge 25:5,6; of the years of his life, his death and burial, Ge 25:7-11; of the children of Ishmael, and of the years of his life, and of his death, Ge 25:12-18; and of the sons of Isaac the fruit of prayer, and of the oracle concerning them before they were born, and of their temper and disposition, conduct and behaviour, Ge 25:19-34.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 1:57; Luke 2:6
• 2. Genesis 38:27
• 3. 1 Samuel 16:12
• 4. Genesis 27:11
• 5. Genesis 27:1,15
• 6. Genesis 38:29
• 7. Hosea 12:3
• 8. Genesis 27:36; Genesis 32:27; Deuteronomy 23:7; Joshua 24:4; Obadiah 1:10,12
• 9. S ver 7,S 20

Footnotes

• [a]. "Esau" may mean "hairy" .
• [b]. "Jacob" means "he grasps the heel" , a Hebrew idiom for "he deceives" .