But Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.

In Noah’s six hundred and first year, in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the Lord.

God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

The waters kept on receding until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.

The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.

While she was giving birth, one child put out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”

The first disappeared and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.

He instructed the servant leading the first herd, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?’

Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread on my head.

You must also say, ‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought, “I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”

The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows.

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power.

Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.

But Jacob said, “Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.