Religious Meaning of the Birthright Story
Genesis Ch 25:27-34
As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man who lived in the open; whereas Jacob was a simple man, who kept to his tents. Isaac preferred Esau, because he was fond of game; but Rebekah preferred Jacob. Once, when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the open, famished. He said to Jacob, 'Let me gulp down some of that red stuff; I'm starving.' (That is why he was called Edom.) But Jacob replied, 'First give me your birthright in exchange for it.' 'Look,' Esau said, 'I'm on the point of dying, what good…
