25:30 Let me eat. The Hebrew indicates the impulsive and hurried request of one who lived for the moment. Esau’s impulsiveness is further revealed in v. 32.

that red stew. Lit. “the red stuff, that red stuff.” Esau’s clumsy repetition of the Hebrew word for “red” (’adom) recalls v. 25, and explains the name by which his descendants were known (Hebrew ’edom).