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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Esau said to Jacob, feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage,.... Or, "with that same red (l), red"; not…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 25:19-34
- LIII. Birth of Esau and Jacob 20. פדן padān, Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.” 25. עשׂי ‛êśâv, ‘Esaw,…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
I am faint - It appears from the whole of this transaction, that Esau was so completely exhausted by fatigue that he…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 25:29-34
We have here a bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the birthright, which was Esau's by providence but Jacob's by…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Feed me … with i.e. "let me, I pray thee, swallow a little of."
that same redpottage] Heb. the redpottage, this…
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