Holy Scripture
Genesis 25:28
A church father on this verse
“However, even parents should not be excused for abandoning us, because they have preferred a younger son to an older one. At the same time, care must be taken that no one, while following their example, has an unfair judgment between their children; so that they think one should be loved, the other should be disregard…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
28And Isaac loved Esau, because his venison was his food, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
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26And after this came forth his brother, and his hand took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah bore them.
27And the lads grew, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a house.
— Genesis 25:28 —
29And Jacob cooked pottage, and Esau came from the plain, fainting.
30And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red pottage, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom.