Genesis 25:30

he said to Jacob, Give thou to me of this red seething, for I am full weary; for which cause his name was called Edom (or and for this reason he was called Edom, or Red).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

29Soothly Jacob seethed pottage (or And one day Jacob boiled some stew); and when Esau came (in) weary from the field,

31And Jacob said to him, Sell to me the right (s) of the first begotten child. (And Jacob said to him, First sell me thy birthright or First sell me the rights of the first-born child.)

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Cross References

Genesis 32:4and he commanded to them, and said, Thus speak ye to my lord Esau, (and say), Thy brother Jacob saith these things, I have been a pilgrim at Laban (or I have been living with Laban), and I was (there) till into this present day;

Genesis 36:8And Esau dwelled in the hill of Seir; he is Edom. (And so Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; he is also called Edom.)

Genesis 36:19These were the sons of Esau, and these were dukes of them (or and they were their leaders); he is (also called) Edom.

Exodus 15:15Then the princes of Edom were troubled; trembling held the strong men of Moab. All the dwellers of Canaan dreaded, or were encumbered, (or All the people of Canaan were in fear);

Deuteronomy 23:7Thou shalt not loathe a man of Idumea, for he is thy brother, neither of a man of Egypt, for thou were a comeling in the land of him. (Thou shalt not despise an Edomite, for he is thy brother, nor an Egyptian, for thou were newcomers in his land.)

Obadiah 1:1[The] Vision of Obadiah. The Lord God saith these things to Edom. We heard an hearing of the Lord, and he sent a legate, either a messenger, to heathen men. Rise ye, and together rise we against him into battle. (The vision, or the prophecy, of Obadiah. The Lord God saith these things about Edom. We heard a word from the Lord, and he sent a messenger to the heathen. And he said, Rise ye, let us rise up together 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 →

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