Genesis 25:28

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 25:28

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Berean Standard Bible

Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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KJV

King James Version

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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WEB

World English Bible

Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: and Rebekah loved Jacob.

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Genesis 25

²⁶ After 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.

²⁷ When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

²⁸ Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁹ One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.

³⁰ He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

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