²⁴ When the time came for her to give birth,^(A) there were twin boys in her womb.^{(B) 25} The first to come out was red,^(C) and his whole body was like a hairy garment;^(D) so they named him Esau.^{[a](E) 26} After this, his brother came out,^(F) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;^(G) so he was named Jacob.^[b](H) Isaac was sixty years old^(I) when Rebekah gave birth to them.

Israel Doubts God’s Love

² “I have loved^(A) you,” says the Lord.

“But you ask,^(B) ‘How have you loved us?’

“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,^(C)