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29 One day Jacob was boiling a pot of vegetable soup. Esau came in from hunting in the fields. He was weak from hunger. 30 So Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red soup. I am weak with hunger.” (That is why people call him Edom.[a])

31 But Jacob said, “You must sell me your rights as the firstborn son.”[b]

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  1. 25:30 Edom This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “red.”
  2. 25:31 rights . . . son Usually the firstborn son had a high rank in the family. The firstborn son usually became the new head of the family.

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