Genesis 25:30
so he said to Jacob, “Let me swallow some of that red stew, for I am very hungry.” (This is why he was called Edom.)
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In Context
29Once when Jacob was preparing a stew, Esau came in from the fields, and he was very hungry;
31But Jacob said, “Sell me first of all your right as the eldest.”
Cross References
Genesis 32:4He gave them this command, “Say to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob declares, I have lived with Laban and have stayed until now.
Genesis 36:8So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir (Esau is Edom).
Genesis 36:19These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.
Obadiah 1:1The vision of Obadiah; what the Lord said about Edom: We have heard a report from the Lord, a messenger has been sent among the nations; Rise up, let us rise against Edom in battle!
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 →