Genesis 25:30
Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me with that red stew. Please, I am exhausted!” That is why his name was called Edom.
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29Jacob cooked some stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was weak from hunger.
31Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.”
Cross References
Genesis 32:4He commanded them, saying, “This is what you will say to my master Esau: This is what your servant Jacob says: 'I have been staying with Laban, and have delayed my return until now.
Genesis 36:8So Esau, also known as Edom, settled in the hill country of Seir.
Genesis 36:19These were the sons of Esau (who was known as Edom), and these were their chiefs.
Exodus 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom will fear; 1 the soldiers of Moab will shake; 1 all the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away. 1
Deuteronomy 23:7You must not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you must not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a foreigner in his land.
Obadiah 1:1The vision of Obadiah. The Lord Yahweh says this concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Yahweh and an ambassador has been sent among the nations, saying, “Rise up! Let us rise up against her for 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 →