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30 So Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red soup. I am weak with hunger.” (That is why people call him Edom.[a])

31 But Jacob said, “You must sell me your rights as the firstborn son.”[b]

32 Esau said, “I am almost dead from hunger. If I die, all of my father’s wealth will not help me.”

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  1. 25:30 Edom This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “red.”
  2. 25:31 rights . . . son Usually the firstborn son had a high rank in the family. The firstborn son usually became the new head of the family.

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