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Genesis 25:30

EsauIsrael
TemptationSelf-control

28 Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

29 One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.

He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

31 “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.

32 “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

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BSB
He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
KJV
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.
WEB
Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me gulp down, please, from the red, the red, this one, for I [am] weary!” (Upon thus his name was called Edom.)
ÅB
Og Esau sa til Jakob: La meg få til livs noe av det røde, det røde du har der, for jeg er rent oppgitt! Derfor kalte de ham Edom[^3].
OTB
Han sa til Jakob: "La meg få litt av den røde suppen, for jeg er utmattet." Derfor ble han kalt Edom.
B1930
Og Esau sa til Jakob: La mig få til livs noget av det røde, det røde du har der, for jeg er rent opgitt! Derfor kalte de ham Edom. / < d.e. den røde.>

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