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Esau Sells His Birthright

Genesis 25:29

In 11 translations

BSB
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
KJV
¶ And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
WEB
Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
ASV
And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint:
LSV
And Jacob boils stew, and Esau comes in from the field, and he [is] weary;
YLT
And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he [is] weary;
DBY
And Jacob had cooked a dish; and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.
DRC
And Jacob boiled pottage: to whom Esau, coming faint out of the field,
GNV
Nowe Iaakob sod pottage, and Esau came from the fielde and was wearie.
JPS
And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.
LXXE
And Jacob cooked pottage, and Esau came from the plain, fainting.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֥זֶד יַעֲקֹ֖ב נָזִ֑יד וַיָּבֹ֥א עֵשָׂ֛ו מִן־הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וְה֥וּא עָיֵֽף׃
LXX-Br
Ἥψησε δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἕψημα· ἦλθε δὲ Ἡσαῦ ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου ἐκλείπων.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 40:30–31Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk…
  • Proverbs 13:25A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
  • 1 Samuel 14:28Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
  • Judges 8:4–5Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit. So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still…
  • 1 Samuel 14:31That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.

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