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Genesis 25:28
And Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis 25:28 · Webster Bible
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Genesis 25:28 in other translations
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.
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In context
25 And the first was born red, all over like a hairy garment: and they called his name Esau.
26 And after that his brother was born, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] sixty years old when she bore them.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint.
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell to me this day thy birth-right.
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