KJV King James Version
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:
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Genesis 25:29
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
WEB World English Bible
Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he is weary;
Surrounding context — Genesis 25
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
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Proverbs 13:25The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.Isaiah 40:30-31Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:1 Samuel 14:28Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food this day. And the people were faint.1 Samuel 14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.Judges 8:4-5And Gideon came to Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men that [were] with him, faint, yet pursuing [them].
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