Genesis 25:29

World English Bible (2000)

Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.

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  • Judg 8:4-5 : 4 Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing. 5 He said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."
  • 1 Sam 14:28 : 28 Then one of the people answered, and said, "Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed is the man who eats food this day.'" The people were faint.
  • 1 Sam 14:31 : 31 They struck of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;
  • Prov 13:25 : 25 The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
  • Isa 40:30-31 : 30 Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; 31 But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

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  • Gen 25:30-34
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    30Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.

    31Jacob said, "First, sell me your birthright."

    32Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?"

    33Jacob said, "Swear to me first." He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob.

    34Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

  • Gen 25:25-28
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    25The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.

    26After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

    27The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

    28Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.

  • Gen 27:30-31
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    30It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

    31He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me."

  • Gen 27:4-7
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    4Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die."

    5Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

    6Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

    7'Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.'

  • Gen 27:19
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    19Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."

  • Gen 27:14-15
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    14He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

    15Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.

  • Gen 27:25
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    25He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you." He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

  • Gen 27:17
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    17She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

  • Gen 27:41-42
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    41Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."

    42The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.

  • Gen 27:33
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    33Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."

  • Gen 27:36
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    36He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"

  • Gen 27:22
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    22Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."