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One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry.
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Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”)
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“All right,” Jacob replied, “but trade me your rights as the firstborn son.”
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“Look, I’m dying of starvation!” said Esau. “What good is my birthright to me now?”
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But Jacob said, “First you must swear that your birthright is mine.” So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob.
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Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.