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When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, the firstborn, Esau, came out covered with red hair, as if he were wearing a hairy garment, and his heel was grasped by the hand of Jacob, the secondborn.

According to Genesis 25: 25, Isaac and Rebekah named the first son עשו, Esau (` Esav or ` Esaw, meaning " hairy " or " rough ", from, ` asah, " do " or " make "; or " completely developed ", from, ` assui ).

The second son they named יעקב, Jacob ( Ya ` aqob or Ya ` aqov, meaning " heel-catcher ", " supplanter ", " leg-puller ", " he who follows upon the heels of one ", from, ` aqab or ` aqav, " seize by the heel ", " circumvent ", " restrain ", a wordplay upon, ` iqqebah or ` iqqbah, " heel ").