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

²⁸ Then the man said, “Your name^(A) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,^[a](B) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”^(C)