30 and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a swallow of [a]that red stuff there, for I am [b]famished.” Therefore his name was called [c]Edom. 31 But Jacob said, “[d]First sell me your (A)birthright.” 32 Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?”

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  1. Genesis 25:30 Lit the red, this red
  2. Genesis 25:30 Lit weary
  3. Genesis 25:30 I.e. red
  4. Genesis 25:31 Lit Today

30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew!(A) I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[a])(B)

31 Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.(C)

32 “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

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  1. Genesis 25:30 Edom means red.