Gen 25:24-26, 30, Num 20:14, Obd 10-12, Mal 1:2 | ESV | STEP | When her days to give birth were completed , behold , there were twins in her womb .

Genesis 25:24-26

24 When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red, ^aall his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. 26 Afterward his brother came out with ^bhis hand holding Esau’s heel, so ^chis name was called Jacob. ^{▼▼ Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats} Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

Genesis 25:30

30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom. ^{▼▼ Edom sounds like the Hebrew for red})

Numbers 20:14

Edom Refuses Passage

14 ^fMoses sent messengers from Kadesh to ^gthe king of Edom: “Thus says ^hyour brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met:

Obadiah 10-12

Edom’s Violence Against Jacob

10 ⁱBecause of the violence done to your brother Jacob,
shame shall cover you,
^jand you shall be cut off forever.
11 ^kOn the day that you stood aloof,
^lon the day that strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
^mand cast lots for Jerusalem,
you were like one of them.
12 ⁿBut do not gloat over the day of your brother
in the day of his misfortune;
^odo not rejoice over the people of Judah
in the day of their ruin;
^pdo not boast ^{▼▼Hebrew do not enlarge your mouth}
in the day of distress.

Malachi 1:2

The Lord’s Love for Israel

2 ^r“I have loved you,” says the Lord. ^sBut you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau ^tJacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet ^uI have loved Jacob