29 When Jacob had cooked a (A)stew one day, Esau came in from the field and he was exhausted; 30 and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a mouthful of [a]that red stuff there, for I am exhausted.” Therefore he was called [b]Edom by name.

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  1. Genesis 25:30 Lit the red, this red
  2. Genesis 25:30 I.e., red

29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew,(A) Esau came in from the open country,(B) famished. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew!(C) I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[a])(D)

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  1. Genesis 25:30 Edom means red.