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Genesis 25:29-31
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29 One day, when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came home hungry 30 and said, “I'm starving to death! Here and now give me some of that red stew!” That's how Esau got the name “Edom.”[a]

31 Jacob replied, “Sell me your rights as the first-born son.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 25.30 Edom: In Hebrew “Edom” sounds like “red.”
  2. 25.31 rights … son: The first-born son inherited the largest amount of property, as well as the leadership of the family.
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