Genesis 25 · Verse 30

Genesis 25:30

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.
Genesis 25:30, King James Version

Genesis 25:30 in other translations

BSBHe said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
WEBEsau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.
ASVand Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
YLTand Esau saith unto Jacob, ‘Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I am weary;' therefore hath one called his name Edom Red;
DARBYAnd Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with the red — the red thing there, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom.
BBEAnd Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.
WebsterAnd Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

What does Genesis 25:30 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 I am faint - It appears from the whole of this transaction, that Esau was so completely exhausted by fatigue that he must have perished had he not obtained some immediate refreshment. He had been either hunting or laboring in the field, and was now returning for the purpose of getting some food, but had been so exhausted that his strength utterly failed before he had time to make the necessary preparations.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 25:29-34

We have here the bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the right, which was Esau's by birth, but Jacob's by promise. It was for a spiritual privilege; and we see Jacob's desire of the birth-right, but he sought to obtain it by crooked courses, not like his character as a plain man. He was right, that he coveted earnestly the best gifts; he was wrong, that he took advantage of his brother's need. The inheritance…

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Genesis 25:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
עֵשָׂ֜ו'e.SavEsauH6215
אֶֽל\־'el-toH413
יַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
הַלְעִיטֵ֤נִיhal.'i.Te.nilet swallow meH3938
נָא֙na'pleaseH4994
מִן\־min-some ofH4480
הָאָדֹ֤םha.'a.Domthe red [stew]H122
הָאָדֹם֙ha.'a.Domthe red [stew]H122
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
עָיֵ֖ף'a.Yef[am] exhaustedH5889
אָנֹ֑כִי'a.No.khiIH595
עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֥ןken-foreH3651
קָרָֽא\־ka.ra'-someone calledH7121
שְׁמ֖וֹshe.Moname hisH8034
אֱדֽוֹם\׃'e.DomEdomH123

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Cross references for Genesis 25:30

  • Numbers 20:14-21

    And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. …

  • Genesis 36:43

    Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.

  • Genesis 36:1

    Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

  • Deuteronomy 23:7

    Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

  • Exodus 15:15

    Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

  • Genesis 36:9

    And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

  • 2 Kings 8:20

    In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
with that same red pottage. Heb. with that red, with that redpottage. This, we are informed, (ver. 34,) was of lentiles, a sort of pulse.
Edom. i.e., red.
36:1,9,43; Ex 15:15; Nu 20:14-21; De 23:7; 2Ki 8:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 25:29

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

  • Genesis 25:30

    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.

  • Genesis 25:31

    And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

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Genesis 25:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Dijo á Jacob: Ruégote que me des á comer de eso bermejo, pues estoy muy cansado. Por tanto fué llamado su nombre Edom.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Ésaü dit à Jacob: Laisse-moi, je te prie, avaler du roux, de ce roux-là; car je suis las. C’est pourquoi on appela son nom Édom.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da sprach Esau zu Jakob: Laß mich doch essen von dem Roten, dem Roten da, denn ich bin matt! Darum gab man ihm den Namen Edom.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ait: Da mihi de coctione hac rufa, quia oppido lassus sum. Quam ob causam vocatum est nomen ejus Edom.