Genesis 25:24-26

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²⁴When the time came for her to give birth,^(A) there were twin boys in her womb.^(B) ²⁵The first to come out was red,^(C) and his whole body was like a hairy garment;^(D) so they named him Esau.^[a]^(E) ²⁶After this, his brother came out,^(F) with his hand grasping Esau’s heel;^(G) so he was named Jacob.^[b]^(H) Isaac was sixty years old^(I) when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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Footnotes

Genesis 25:25 Esau may mean hairy.
Genesis 25:26 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.

Deuteronomy 2:4

New International Version

⁴Give the people these orders:^(A) ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives the descendants of Esau,^(B) who live in Seir.^(C) They will be afraid^(D) of you, but be very careful.

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Deuteronomy 2:4 in all English translations

Deuteronomy 2:8

New International Version

⁸So we went on past our relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from^(A) the Arabah^(B) road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber,^(C) and traveled along the desert road of Moab.^(D)

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Amos 1:11

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¹¹This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Edom,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he pursued his brother with a sword^(B)
    and slaughtered the women of the land,
because his anger raged continually
    and his fury flamed unchecked,^(C)

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Obadiah 10

New International Version

¹⁰Because of the violence^(A) against your brother Jacob,^(B)
you will be covered with shame;
you will be destroyed forever.^(C)

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Obadiah 12

New International Version

¹²You should not gloat^(A) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,^(B)
nor rejoice^(C) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,^(D)
nor boast^(E) so much
    in the day of their trouble.^(F)