<h2><SPAN name="THE_STORY_OF_JACOB" id="THE_STORY_OF_JACOB"></SPAN>THE STORY OF JACOB</h2>
<p>After Abraham died, his son Isaac lived in the land of
Canaan. Like his father, Isaac had his home in a tent; around
him were the tents of his people, and many flocks of sheep and
herds of cattle feeding wherever they could find grass to eat
and water to drink.</p>
<p>Isaac and his wife Rebekah had two children. The older was
named Esau and the younger Jacob.</p>
<p>Esau was a man of the woods and very fond of hunting; and he
was rough and covered with hair.</p>
<p>Jacob was quiet and thoughtful, staying at home, dwelling in
a tent, and caring for the flocks of his father.</p>
<p>Isaac loved Esau more than Jacob, because Esau brought to
his father that which he had killed in his hunting; but Rebekah
liked Jacob, because she saw that he was wise and careful in
his work.</p>
<p>Among the people in those lands, when a man dies, his older
son receives twice as much as the younger of what the father
has owned. This was called his "birthright," for it was his
right as the oldest born. So Esau, as the older, had a
"birthright" to more of Isaac's possessions
than<SPAN name="Page_36"
id="Page_36"></SPAN> Jacob. And besides this, there was the
privilege of the promise of God that the family of Isaac
should receive great blessings.</p>
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