Genesis 25:30
And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red pottage, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
29And Jacob cooked pottage, and Esau came from the plain, fainting.
31And Jacob said to Esau, Sell me this day thy birthright.
Cross References
Genesis 32:4And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
Genesis 36:8And Esau dwelt in Mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom.
Genesis 36:19These are the sons of Esau, and these are the chiefs; these are the sons of Edom.
Exodus 15:15Then the princes of Edom, 1 And the chiefs of the Moabites hastened; 1 Trembling took hold upon them, 1 All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away. 1
Deuteronomy 23:7Thou shalt not speak peaceably or profitably to them all thy days forever.
Obadiah 1:1The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God to Edom; I have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent forth a message to the nations.
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 →