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Genesis 25:28-30
New International Version
Genesis 25:28-30
New International Version
28 Isaac, who had a taste for wild game,(A) loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.(B)
29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew,(C) Esau came in from the open country,(D) famished. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew!(E) I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[a])(F)
Footnotes
- Genesis 25:30 Edom means red.
Genesis 25:28-30
King James Version
Genesis 25:28-30
King James Version
28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
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.
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Genesis 25:28-30
English Standard Version
Genesis 25:28-30
English Standard Version
28 Isaac loved Esau because (A)he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
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29 Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.[a])
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- Genesis 25:30 Edom sounds like the Hebrew for red
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