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Genesis 25:30

What does Genesis 25:30 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 25:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.29And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint:

v.30This passage

v.31And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 36:1

    Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom).

  • Genesis 36:43

    chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

  • Deuteronomy 23:7

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

  • Exodus 15:15

    Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

  • Genesis 36:9

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

  • 2 Kings 8:20

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

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