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30 He said to Jacob ‘Quick, let me have some of that red food! I am very hungry.’ (That is why he was also called Edom.)[a] 31 Jacob said, ‘You must first sell me your birthright.’[b]

32 Esau said, ‘Look, I am so hungry that I will die. Then my birthright will not help me at all!’

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Footnotes

  1. 25:30 Edom means red.
  2. 25:31 In the Old Testament, the oldest son had the birthright. This means that he would be the leader of his family when his father died. And he would get two parts of the things that had belonged to his father.

30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew!(A) I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[a])(B)

31 Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.(C)

32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:30 Edom means red.

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.

31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

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