Genesis 25:30
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Said: Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding faint. For which reason his name was called Edom.

with that same red pottage.

Genesis 25:34 And so taking bread and the pottage of lentils, he ate, and drank, and went on his way; making little account of having sold his first birthright.

,) was of lentiles, a sort of pulse.

Edom.

Genesis 36:1,9,43 And these are the generations of Esau, the same is Edom. . . .

Exodus 15:15 Then were the princes of Edom troubled, trembling seized on the stout men of Moab: all the inhabitants of Chanaan became stiff.

Numbers 20:14-21 In the mean time Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, to say: Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the labour that hath come upon us: . . .

Deuteronomy 23:7 Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

2 Kings 8:20 In his days Edom revolted from being under Juda, and made themselves a king.

Context
Esau Sells His Birthright
29And Jacob boiled pottage: to whom Esau, coming faint out of the field, 30Said: Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding faint. For which reason his name was called Edom.31And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.…
Cross References
Genesis 25:29
And Jacob boiled pottage: to whom Esau, coming faint out of the field,

Genesis 25:31
And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.

Genesis 32:3
And he sent messengers before him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom:

Genesis 36:1
And these are the generations of Esau, the same is Edom.

Jeremiah 49:7
Against Edom. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Theman? counsel is perished from her children: their wisdom is become unprofitable.

Lexicon
He
עֵשָׂ֜ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

said
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶֽל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Jacob,
יַעֲקֹ֗ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

“Let me eat
הַלְעִיטֵ֤נִי (hal·‘î·ṭê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3938: To swallow greedily, to feed

some of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

that
הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

red
הָאָדֹ֤ם (hā·’ā·ḏōm)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 122: Rosy

[stew],
הָאָדֹם֙ (hā·’ā·ḏōm)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 122: Rosy

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I am
אָנֹ֑כִי (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

famished.”
עָיֵ֖ף (‘ā·yêp̄)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5889: Faint, weary

(That is why
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

he was also called
קָרָֽא־ (qā·rā-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Edom.)
אֱדֽוֹם׃ (’ĕ·ḏō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 123: The name of a condiment


Additional Translations
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 you, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name 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.

And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red pottage, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom.

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with the red -- the red thing there, for I am faint. Therefore was his name 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.

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.

Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.

and Esau saith unto Jacob, 'Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I am weary;' therefore hath one called his name Edom Red;
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