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Genesis 25:30

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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.

And Esau {H6215} said {H559} to Jacob {H3290}, Feed {H3938} me, I pray thee, with {H4480} that same {H122} red {H122} pottage; for I am faint {H5889}: therefore was his name {H8034} called {H7121} Edom {H123}.

and said to Ya'akov, "Please! Let me gulp down some of that red stuff - that red stuff! I'm exhausted!" (This is why he was called Edom [red].)

He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

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.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 23:7 (3 votes)

    Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he [is] thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

  • Genesis 36:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Now these [are] the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom.

  • 2 Kings 8:20 (3 votes)

    In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

  • Genesis 36:43 (3 votes)

    Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these [be] the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he [is] Esau the father of the Edomites.

  • Numbers 20:14 (3 votes)

    ¶ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

  • Numbers 20:21 (3 votes)

    Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

  • Genesis 36:9 (3 votes)

    ¶ And these [are] the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: