"And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he {was} faint:" — Genesis 25:29

Genesis 25:29 · KJV

“And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he {was} faint:”

— Genesis 25:29

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of {his} venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. {he...: Heb. venison was in his mouth}

Verse 30

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red {pottage}; for I {am} faint: therefore was his name called Edom. {with...: Heb. with that red, with that red pottage} {Edom: that is Red}

Genesis 25 — Context

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob {was} a plain man, dwelling in tents.

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of {his} venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. {he...: Heb. venison was in his mouth}

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he {was} faint:

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:25

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

Isaiah 40:30-31

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

1 Samuel 14:28

Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed {be} the man that eateth {any} food this day. And the people were faint. {faint: or, weary}

Judges 8:4-5

And Gideon came to Jordan, {and} passed over, he, and the three hundred men that {were} with him, faint, yet pursuing {them}.

1 Samuel 14:31

And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.