Genesis · around about 2006 BC
Esau and Jacob Born
Esau and Jacob Born is recorded in Genesis and falls around about 2006 BC. Below is what happened, where it fits, and the full text.
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What happened
Rebekah gives birth to twins who struggled in her womb, Esau first with Jacob gripping his heel.
Where it fits on the timeline
Esau and Jacob are born to Isaac and Rebekah before Esau sells his birthright (Genesis 25:19-26; Genesis 25:29-34).
The passage
Genesis 25:19-26
This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife. Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. The LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this, why do I live?” She went to inquire of the LORD. The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.” When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau. After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
Joshua 24:4
I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
Scripture references
Genesis 25:19-26; Joshua 24:4
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