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

30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew!(A) I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[a])(B)

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  1. Genesis 25:30 Edom means red.

So Esau lived in the hill country of (A)Seir; Esau is (B)Edom.

Descendants of Esau

These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of [a]the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

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  1. Genesis 36:9 Lit Edom

So Esau(A) (that is, Edom)(B) settled in the hill country of Seir.(C)

This is the account(D) of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites(E) in the hill country of Seir.

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