... > Bible > Old Testament > Genesis: the patriarchs > story of Isaac > Isaac's children (Esau and Jacob) (Genesis 25:19-34) > youth of Esau and Jacob: Esau, Isaac's favourite, becomes a skilled huntsman, while Jacob, Rebekah's favourite, becomes a husbandman > Esau, returning hungry from the hunt, sells his first birthright to Jacob for a pottage of lentils