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

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  1. Genesis 25:25 Esau may mean hairy.

26 After this, his brother came out,(A) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;(B) so he was named Jacob.[a](C) Isaac was sixty years old(D) when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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  1. Genesis 25:26 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.

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