Genesis 25:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food;

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  • Judg 8:4-5 : 4 Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food. 5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
  • 1 Sam 14:28 : 28 Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.
  • 1 Sam 14:31 : 31 That day they overcame the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were feeble from need of food.
  • Prov 13:25 : 25 The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.
  • Isa 40:30-31 : 30 Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength; 31 But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

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    30 And 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.

    31 And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.

    32 And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?

    33 And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.

    34 Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.

  • Gen 25:25-28
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    25 And the first came out red from head to foot like a robe of hair, and they gave him the name of Esau.

    26 And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

    27 And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

    28 Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob.

  • Gen 27:30-31
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    30 And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

    31 And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

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    4 And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me.

    5 Now Isaac's words to his son were said in Rebekah's hearing. Then Esau went out to get the meat.

    6 And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,

    7 Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death.

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    19 And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

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    14 So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.

    15 And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:

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    25 And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.

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    17 And she gave into the hand of Jacob, her son, the meat and the bread which she had made ready.

  • Gen 27:41-42
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    41 So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

    42 Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.

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    33 And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?

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    36 And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

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    22 And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.