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# Connecting Statement:
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This verse is background information for the description of the events that follow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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# Now
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This verse is background information for the description of the events that follow. The word "now" shows that the author is going to begin to talk about Rebekah and Jacob. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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# Rebekah heard it when Isaac spoke to Esau his son
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"Rebekah heard Isaac speaking to his son Esau"
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# to Esau his son
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Esau was the son of both Isaac and Rebekah. The author calls Esau "his son" to emphasize that Isaac preferred Esau over Isaac.
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