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Genesis 25:29-34

Listen to Genesis 25:29-34
29 One day while Jacob was cooking some bean soup, Esau came in from hunting. He was hungry
30 and said to Jacob, "I'm starving; give me some of that red stuff." (That is why he was named Edom. )
31 Jacob answered, "I will give it to you if you give me your rights as the first-born son."
32 Esau said, "All right! I am about to die; what good will my rights do me?"
33 Jacob answered, "First make a vow that you will give me your rights." 1 Esau made the vow and gave his rights to Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave him some bread and some of the soup. He ate and drank and then got up and left. That was all Esau cared about his rights as the first-born son.

Genesis 25:29-34 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 25

This chapter contains an account of Abraham's marriage with another woman, and of the children he had by her and of their posterity Ge 25:1-4; of Abraham's disposal of his substance; and his sons, Ge 25:5,6; of the years of his life, his death and burial, Ge 25:7-11; of the children of Ishmael, and of the years of his life, and of his death, Ge 25:12-18; and of the sons of Isaac the fruit of prayer, and of the oracle concerning them before they were born, and of their temper and disposition, conduct and behaviour, Ge 25:19-34.

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Cross References 1

  • 1. 25.33Hebrews 12.16.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] edom: [This name sounds like the Hebrew for "red."]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

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