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I definitely think there was pride present. I'm not sure we can draw out from the text that he didn't want to "dignify" his younger brother with a trade. They must have traded for things at other times, given the apparent division of labor.
I think it speaks more to his pride that he had "forced" from the ground--which had been cursed by God, remember--produce, by the sweat of his brow. He was "proud" of what he had done, though "suffering" somewhat for the sin of his father. "So, why shouldn't God accept that which I have wrested from this ground? I have submitted to this curse, broken my back for this curse; I think God owes me to receive from my work."
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