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.

The snipe is a beautifully camouflaged bird with a Pinocchio beak. It inhabits marshlands in Europe, Asia, and New Zealand.

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 ...