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Genesis 25:29-31
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29 One day, Jacob was cooking a meal. Esau came back from the country. He was very hungry. 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]

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  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.
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