ABSTRACT
"Esau was a hunter; while Jacob led a settled life. Now Jacob one day was making pottage and his brother Esau came in from the hunt very faint. And Esau said to Jacob: Give me to eat of thy pottage, I pray thee, for I am very faint. . . . But Jacob said: Sell me first thy birthright. Esau exclaimed: What use can it be to me, this birthright, for I am faint to the point of death! Jacob again urged him:—Sell! And Esau sold his birthright to Jacob. Then did Jacob give bread and pottage to his brother." 1
