And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
The Holy Ghost mentions this, a thousand years after, with peculiar marks of approbation: See Hosea 12:3. Esau means perfectly made; and Jacob a supplanter.