Genesis 25:30
He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
Note Edom means red.
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.
Note with…: Heb. with that red, with that red pottage
Note Edom: that is Red
Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.
Note “Edom” means “red”.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Edom
- i.e., red.
- Genesis 36:1, 9, 43; Exodus 15:15; Numbers 20:14–21; Deuteronomy 23:7; 2 Kings 8:20