This springs from Esau’s choice to sell his birthright to his younger brother Jacob for a bowl of lentil stew. Esau’s accord with Jacob traded something enduring and priceless—the birthright ...

My son once brought home puppets of Jacob and Esau — Jacob was handsome and ... Ravenous after a long day outside, he hastily trades his birthright for his brother’s bowl of lentil soup.

This foreshadows two future Biblical events where Jacob usurps or seizes Esau’s birthright as the first-born son. Jacob was ...

So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus, Esau despised his birthright." This moment ...