Genesis 25:29-34
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29 One day Esau came back from hunting. He was tired and weak from hunger. Jacob was boiling a pot of beans. 30 So Esau said to Jacob, “I am weak with hunger. Let me have some of that red soup.” (That is why people call him “Red.”[a])
31 But Jacob said, “You must sell me your rights as the firstborn son.”
32 Esau said, “I am almost dead with hunger, so what good are these rights to me now?”
33 But Jacob said, “First, promise me that you will give them to me.” So Esau made an oath to him and sold his rights as the firstborn son to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil[b] soup. Esau ate the food, had something to drink, and then left. So Esau showed that he did not care about his rights as the firstborn son.
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- Genesis 25:30 Red Literally, “Edom,” a name that means “red.”
- Genesis 25:34 lentil A type of bean.
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