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Genesis 25:29-31
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 25:29-31
New Catholic Bible
29 One day Jacob cooked a lentil stew. Esau came in from the countryside and he was exhausted. 30 He said to Jacob, “Let me eat a little of that red soup, for I am famished.” (This is why he was also called Edom.[a])
31 Jacob said, “First sell me your rights as firstborn.”
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- Genesis 25:30 Edom means “red” in Hebrew.