1- Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Ketura.
2- And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishback, and Shua.
3- And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
4- And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Ketura,
5- And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6- But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
7- And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Abraham lived 175 years, until Jacob was fifteen.
8- Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
9- And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
10- The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
11- And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.
12- Now these are THE GENERATIONS OF ISHMAEL, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13- And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Abdeel, and Mibsam,
14- And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15- Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16- These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
17- And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years; and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
18- And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
19- And these are THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20- And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
Syrian by geographic location only, as someone who lives in the United States is American regardless of their heritage.
21- And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22- And the children struggled together within her; and she said, ” If it be so, why am I thus?” And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23- And the LORD said unto her, ” Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.”
24- And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25- And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
26- And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
Esau is #6215 in the Strong’s Concordance, rough sensibly felt.
Jacob is #3290 in the Strong’s Concordance, it means “heel-catcher or supplanter”
Isaac was 60 years old when the twins were born.
27- And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
Cunning is #3045 in the Strong’s Concordance, it means to know or be skilled among other things. Esau was a skilled hunter. A man of the field means he partakes of this world and enjoys worldly things as opposed to spiritual. The field is the earth. This is not a good trait.
Plain is #8535 in the Strong’s Concordance, and means to be complete, pious, gentle or dear. Jacob had good traits.
28- And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29- And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
Pottage is anything made in a pot, i.e. soup, porridge, stew or mush.
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.
Edom is #123 in the Strong’s Concordance, and means red. Esau became the red nation, his descendants went north into Rus and then became Russia, “land of Rus.”
Jacob will become Israel. Consisting of twelve tribes, only one of which are Judah, or “Jews.” The rest of Israel, known as the lost tribes, were enslaved by Assyria and released to travel over the Caucus mountains, and then became known as “caucasians.” They later settled throughout Europe and eventually came to America and Canada. Thus Rebekah had two nations in her womb.
31- And Jacob said, ” Sell me this day thy birthright.”
This birthright is not only of his earthly father as firstborn but also our Heavenly Father.
32- And Esau said, “Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?”
33- And Jacob said, ” Swear to me this day;” and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
34- Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of food. He did not care about it and is truly a man of the field, or this world, uncaring about spiritual matters.
This is why God would say He hated Esau in Malachi 1:3.
E. W. Bullinger notes in his Companion Bible that Esau despised grace. See appendix 10 in the Companion Bible.
In Hebrews 12:16 Esau is called a profane person.
Continue to Genesis Chapter 26