Genesis 25:30
And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.
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29And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food;
31And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.
Cross References
Genesis 32:4And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:
Genesis 36:8So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).
Genesis 36:19These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.
Exodus 15:15The chiefs of Edom were troubled in heart; the strong men of Moab were in the grip of fear: all the people of Canaan became like water.
Deuteronomy 23:7But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.
Obadiah 1:1The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord has said about Edom: We have had word from the Lord, and a representative has been sent among the nations, saying, Up! and let us make war against her.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:30-34
Esau Sells His Birthright. ( b. c. 1805.) 29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 30 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. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave… Read the whole commentary →