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give me some of the food … you will give it all
Some languages may prefer to use two different words for "give" here. This would also apply to, "Esau promised to give … Jacob gave" in the last two sentences.
everything you should receive because you were born first
According to their custom, since Esau was the oldest son, he should have been the one to receive twice as much of their father's wealth when their father died. Jacob thought of a way to take these rights of the oldest son from Esau.