Jacob and Esau
Genesis 25:25
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.Esau sounds like a Hebrew term that means hairy.
- KJV
- And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
- WEB
- The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.
- ASV
- And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
- LSV
- and the first comes out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;
- YLT
- and the first cometh out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;
- DBY
- And the first came out red — all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
- DRC
- He that came forth first was red, and hairy like a skin: and his name was called Esau. Immediately the other coming forth, held his brother’s foot in his hand, and therefore he was called Jacob.
- GNV
- So he that came out first was red, and he was all ouer as a rough garment, and they called his name Esau.
- JPS
- And the first came forth ruddy, all over like a hairy mantle; and they called his name Esau.
- LXXE
- And the first came out red, hairy all over like a skin; and she called his name Esau.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֵּצֵ֤א הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ אַדְמוֹנִ֔י כֻּלּ֖וֹ כְּאַדֶּ֣רֶת שֵׂעָ֑ר וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ שְׁמ֖וֹ עֵשָֽׂו׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἐξῆλθε δὲ ὁ πρωτότοκος πυῤῥάκης· ὅλος, ὡσεὶ δορὰ, δασύς· ἐπωνόμασε δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Ἡσαῦ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 27:11Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.
- Genesis 27:23Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
- Genesis 27:16She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
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