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Esauעֵשָׂוsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Jacob,אֶל יַעֲקֹב“Pleaseנָאlet me gulp downהַלְעִיטֵנִיsome ofמִןthe red,הָאָדֹםthisהַזֶּהred stuff,הָאָדֹםforכִּיIאָנֹכִיam exhausted.”עָיֵףThat is whyעַל כֵּןhis name was calledקָרָא שְׁמוֹEdom.אֱדוֹם
Genesis 25:30
Study it in the app“Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me gulp down some of the red, this red stuff, for I am exhausted.” That is why his name was called Edom.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 25:30, word by word
- Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- let me gulp downהַלְעִיטֵhalite
gulp down
Let someone gulp down greedily, feed. It occurs only in Genesis 25:30.
Where else “halite” appears- the redאָדֹםadom
red
Red, reddish.
Where else “adom” appears- am exhaustedעָיֵףayef
weary, exhausted
Weary, exhausted, faint; also thirsty, dry.
Where else “ayef” appears- his name was calledקָרָאkara
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “kara” appears- his name was calledשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears
Translation note
“Edom” sounds like “red” (adom).
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
29Jacob cooked a stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted.
30 · This verse (above)
31Jacob said, “Sell me today your birthright.”
To study Genesis 25 in a group
1. What it says
What did Esau do with his birthright, and what did he receive in exchange (vv. 29-34)?
2. What it means
What does the text mean when it ends, “Thus Esau despised his birthright” (v. 34)?
3. How I live it
What valuable thing are you at risk of trading away for a need of the moment?