Genesis 25:30

Esau [Hairy] said to Jacob [Supplanter], “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom [Red].

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

29Jacob [Supplanter] boiled stew. Esau [Hairy] came in from the field, and he was famished.

31Jacob [Supplanter] said, “First, sell me your birthright.”

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Cross References

Genesis 32:4He enjoined them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau [Hairy]: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob [Supplanter], says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban [White], and stayed until now.

Genesis 36:8Esau [Hairy] lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau [Hairy] is Edom [Red].

Genesis 36:19These are the sons of Esau [Hairy] (that is, Edom [Red]), and these are their chiefs. (7)

Exodus 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom [Red] were dismayed. 2 Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab [From father]. 2 All the inhabitants of Canaan [Humbled] have melted away. 1

Deuteronomy 23:7+ 23:7 Hebrew ch 23 v. 8 + 23:7. Deut 23:7-8 [Heb Bible Deut 23:8-9] (#2b.183): T. Not to exclude the seed of Esau (Edomites) from the community of Israel / R. Not to exclude a Jew from marrying a third generation Edomite convert You shall not abhor an Edomite [Red]; for he is your brother. + 23:7. Deut 23:7-8 [Heb Bible Deut 23:8-9] (#2b.184): T. Not to exclude the Egyptian from the community of Israel / R. Not to exclude a third generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Jewish people You shall not abhor an Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery], because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

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 →

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