The patriarchs in the Bible were the fathers of the nation ... She did and bore Isaac’s twins, Jacob and Esau. Esau was the eldest and, therefore, had the birthright due to being a firstborn ...

Eliezer and Rebekah (engraving by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible ... Rebecca never informed Isaac of the oracle she had before the twins, Esau and Jacob, were born, in which God ...