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30 and said, “I'm starving to death! Here and now give me some of that red stew!” That's how Esau got the name “Edom.”[a]

31 Jacob replied, “Sell me your rights as the first-born son.”[b]

32 “I'm about to die,” Esau answered. “What good will those rights do me?”

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Footnotes

  1. 25.30 Edom: In Hebrew “Edom” sounds like “red.”
  2. 25.31 rights … son: The first-born son inherited the largest amount of property, as well as the leadership of the family.

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