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Genesis 25:30

World English Bible

Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

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Genesis 25:30 in other translations

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.

Genesis 25:30 · American Standard Version

Genesis 25:30 in context

  1. 28Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.
  2. 29Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
  3. 30Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.
  4. 31Jacob said, “First, sell me your birthright.”
  5. 32Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?”