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1. Mosebog 25:29-34
Engang da Jakob havde kogt en ret mad, og Esau kom udmattet hjem, sagde Esau til Jakob: »Giv mig hurtigt noget af det røde at spise, det røde, du har dér, for jeg er udmattet.« Derfor kaldes han Edom. Men Jakob svarede: »Ikke før du sælger mig din førstefødselsret.« Da sagde Esau: »Jeg er lige ved at dø! Hvad skal jeg med min førstefødselsret?« »Sværg på det,« sagde Jakob, og det gjorde Esau; han solgte sin førstefødselsret til Jakob.  Så gav Jakob ham brød og en portion linser; Esau spiste og drak og gik derefter sin vej. Og sådan viste Esau ringeagt for sin førstefødselsret.
Det er ordene som de står i den autoriserede danske bibel, kort og enkelt, men er der en historie bagom ordene? (Du kan følge linket til 1. Mosebog)

I Jashers bog 27:1-17 læser vi:
1. Esau gik på den tid, efter Abrahams død, ofte på marken for at jage.
2. Nimrod, konge af Babel, der også hed Amrafel, gik også ofte med sine vældige mænd for at jage på marken og for at vandre omkring med sine mænd i dagens kølige timer.
3. Nimrod iagttog Esau alle dagene, for der opstod en modvilje mod Esau, i Nimrods hjerte i de dage.
4. En dag da Esau gik på marken for at jage, fandt han også Nimrod gående i vildmarken med sine to mænd.
5. Alle hans stormænd og hans folk var med ham i vildmarken, men de rykkede sig på afstand fra ham, så de gik fra ham i hver sin retning for at jage, Esau skjulte sig for Nimrod, ja han lurede på ham i vildmarken.
6. Nimrod og hans mænd, som var med ham, så ham ikke, Nimrod og hans mænd gik ofte omkring på marken, i morgentimerne når dagen er kølig, også for at vide, hvor hans mænd jagede.
7. Nimrod og to af hans Mænd, som var med ham, kom nær det sted, hvor Esau var, da sprang Esau op trak sit Sværd og løb med stor fart frem til Nimrod og huggede hans hoved af.
8. Esau kæmpede en desperat kamp med de to andre mænd, dem som var med Nimrod, og da de råbte til ham, vente Esau sig mod dem og slog dem ihjel med sit sværd.
9. Alle Nimrods vældige, som havde forladt ham for at drage ud i vildmarken, hørte råbet på afstand, og da de kendte de to mænds stemmer, løb de derhen for at få at vide, hvad var årsagen til det, da fandt de deres konge og de to mænd, som var med ham, de lå døde i på marken.
10. Da Esau så Nimrods stormænd komme løbende mod ham, flygtede han og undslap derved; Esau havde taget Nimrods værdifulde klæder, de klæder som Nimrods far havde testamenteret til Nimrod, og med hvilke Nimrod sejrede over hele landet, Esau løb nu for at skjulte dem i sit hus.
11. Esau tog klæderne og løb ind i byen væk fra Nimrods mænds, da han kom der, træt og udmattet af Kampen, til sin faders hus, var han rede til at dø af træthed, da han kom tæt på sin broder Jakob, satte han sig foran ham.
12. Han sagde til Jakob: Se, jeg skal dø i dag, derfor har jeg ingen brug for førstefødselsretten? Jakob handlede klogt med Esau i denne sag, så Esau solgte sin førstefødselsret til Jakob, for det kom fra Herren.
13. Esaus del i hulen på Makpelas mark, som Abraham havde købt af Hets børn til besiddelse af en gravplads, solgte Esau også til Jakob, og Jakob købte alt dette af sin bror Esau for en givet værdi.
14. Jakob skrev alt dette ned i en Bog, han fik vidner til at dokumentere det, så forseglede han det, bogen forblev på Jakobs hænder.
15. Da Nimrod, Kusj’s søn, døde, løftede hans mænd ham op og bragte ham i forfærdelse til Babel [Eridu] og begravede ham der i hans by, Nimrods dage blev to hundrede og femten år, så døde han.
16. Nimrod dage som hersker over landet og folket, var hundrede og femogfirs år; Nimrod døde ved Esaus sværd i skam og foragt, og Abrahams afkom forårsagede hans død, sådan som han havde set det i sin drøm.
17. Ved Nimrods død blev hans rige delt i mange dele, alle de som Nimrod herskede over, vendte tilbage til landets respektive konger, som genvandt deres herredømme efter Nimrods død, hele Nimrod hus og hans folk, var slaver for de andre konger i landet, i lang tid af.

I1. Mosebog ser vi, at Esau sælger sin førstefødselsret for en ret linser, den selvsamme historie fortælles i Jashers bog, hvor vi også får forklaringen på hvorfor Esau tror han skal dø af udmattelse. Han har dræbt kong Nimrod af Babel eller Sumerien om du vil, samt to af hans rådgivere, våbenføre mænd. I Jashers bor står der Jacob købte førstefødselsretten for en ‘givet værdi’.
Nimrod dør i 1880 f.vt. året efter Abraham, det giver os alderen på tvillingerne Esau og Jacom, 16 år*.

Genesis 25:29-34
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
These are the word as we read them from Genesis (Follow the link above)

In the book af Jasher 27:1-17 it reads:

1. And Esau at that time, after the death of Abraham, frequently went in the field to hunt.
2. And Nimrod king of Babel, the same was Amraphel, also frequently went with his
   mighty men to hunt in the field, and to walk about with his men in the cool of the day.
3. And Nimrod was observing Esau all the days, for a jealousy was formed in the heart of
   Nimrod against Esau all the days.
4. And on a certain day Esau went in the field to hunt, and he found Nimrod walking in the
   wilderness with his two men.
5. And all his mighty men and his people were with him in the wilderness, but they
   removed at a distance from him, and they went from him in different directions to hunt,
   and Esau concealed himself for Nimrod, and he lurked for him in the wilderness.
6. And Nimrod and his men that were with him did not know him, and Nimrod and his
   men frequently walked about in the field at the cool of the day, and to know where his
   men were hunting in the field.
7. And Nimrod and two of his men that were with him came to the place where they were,
   when Esau started suddenly from his lurking place, and drew his sword, and hastened
   and ran to Nimrod and cut off his head.
8. And Esau fought a desperate fight with the two men that were with Nimrod, and when
   they called out to him, Esau turned to them and smote them to death with his sword.
9. And all the mighty men of Nimrod, who had left him to go to the wilderness, heard the
   cry at a distance, and they knew the voices of those two men, and they ran to know the
   cause of it, when they found their king and the two men that were with him lying dead
   in the wilderness.
10. And when Esau saw the mighty men of Nimrod coming at a distance, he fled, and
    thereby escaped; and Esau took the valuable garments of Nimrod, which Nimrod’s
    father had bequeathed to Nimrod, and with which Nimrod prevailed over the whole
    land, and he ran and concealed them in his house.
11. And Esau took those garments and ran into the city on account of Nimrod’s men, and he
    came unto his father’s house wearied and exhausted from fight, and he was ready to die
    through grief when he approached his brother Jacob and sat before him.
12. And he said unto his brother Jacob, Behold I shall die this day, and wherefore then do I
    want the birthright? And Jacob acted wisely with Esau in this matter, and Esau sold his
    birthright to Jacob, for it was so brought about by the Lord.
13. And Esau’s portion in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham had bought
    from the children of Heth for the possession of a burial ground, Esau also sold to Jacob,
    and Jacob bought all this from his brother Esau for value given.
14. And Jacob wrote the whole of this in a book, and he testified the same with witnesses,
    and he sealed it, and the book remained in the hands of Jacob.
15. And when Nimrod the son of Cush died, his men lifted him up and brought him in
    consternation, and buried him in his city, and all the days that Nimrod lived were two
    hundred and fifteen years and he died.
16. And the days that Nimrod reigned upon the people of the land were one hundred and
    eighty-five years; and Nimrod died by the sword of Esau in shame and contempt, and
    the seed of Abraham caused his death as he had seen in his dream.
17. And at the death of Nimrod his kingdom became divided into many divisions, and all
    those parts that Nimrod reigned over were restored to the respective kings of the land,
    who recovered them after the death of Nimrod, and all the people of the house of
    Nimrod were for a long time enslaved to all the other kings of the land.

In Genesis it is confirmed that Esau sells his birthright for a dish of lentils, the very same story is told in the book of Jasher, where we also get the explanation of why Esau thinks he will die of exhaustion. He has killed King Nimrod of Babel or Sumer if you will, as well as two of his advisors, armed men. In Jasher’s book it says Jacob bought the birthright for a ‘given value’.
Nimrod dies in 1880 BC. the year after Abraham, that gives us the age of the twins Esau and Jacom, 16 years*.