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Genesis 25:30 KJV
Genesis · chapter 25 · 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.Genesis 25:30 · King James Version
Genesis 25:30 in context
28And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- faintʻâyêphlanguidH5889 →
- EsauʻÊsâvEsav, a son of Isaac, including his posterityH6215 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Feedlâʻaṭto swallow greedilyH3938 →
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We have here a bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the birthright, which was Esau's by providence but Jacob's by promise. It was a spiritual privilege, including the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power, as well as the double portion, Gen 49:3.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-34