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Verse Genesis 25:30. _I AM FAINT_] It appears from the whole of this
transaction, that Esau was so completely exhausted by fatigue that he
must have perished had he not obtained some immediate refres...
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- LIII. Birth of Esau and Jacob
20. פדן _padān_, Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut,
plow.”
25. עשׂי _‛__êśâv_, ‘Esaw, “hairy, or made.”
26. יעקב _ya‛ăqôb_, Ja’aqob, “he shall take the hee...
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IX. THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC
CHAPTER 25:19-34 Esau and Jacob
_ 1. Rebekah barren and the answered prayer (Genesis 25:19)_
2. The birth of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 25:23)
3. The growth of the boys ...
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THE BIRTH OF JACOB AND ESAU. JACOB TAKES ADVANTAGE OF ESAU TO SECURE
HIS BIRTHRIGHT. At this point we pass to the story of Jacob. In the
present section Genesis 25:19 f., Genesis 25:26_ b_ belong to P...
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RED. Hebrew red red. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6). (No
superlative in Hebrew) Figure of speech. _th_ at delicious red [food].
LENTILES. See Genesis 25:34.
EDOM. Hebrew. _red, ruddy._. refere...
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_Feed me … with_ i.e. "let me, I pray thee, swallow a little of."
_that same red_pottage] Heb. _the red_pottage, _this red_pottage.
Esau's words repeat the adjective "red": either this was the name b...
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PART THIRTY-SEVEN
THE STORY OF ISAAC; THE TWINS AND THE BIRTHRIGHT
(Genesis 25:19-34)
_1. Introduction_
Having concluded the account of all that needed to be known about
Ishmael and his progeny, th...
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_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._
Feed me ... for I am faint. This was a request, which, addressed to a
b...
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25:30 Edom. (e-28) Red....
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THE SONS OF ABRAHAM BY KETURAH. DEATH AND BURIAL OF ABRAHAM.
DESCENDANTS OF ISHMAEL. BIRTH AND YOUTH OF ESAU AND JACOB
1. It is not known at what period of his life Abraham took Keturah as
his seconda...
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RED POTTAGE] lit. 'red stuff.' Esau in his haste did not define its
nature. It was a mess of lentils (3.4). It is said that such pottage
is, or was, distributed at the mosque at Hebron in memory of th...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 25
ABRAHAM DIES
V1 Abraham married another wife, who was called Keturah. V2 She
became the mother of Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and S...
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‘Edom’ means ‘red’. Probably Esau was already called Edom
because his hair was red. Perhaps this verse means, ‘He likes red
meat. That is another reason to call him Edom.’...
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JACOB SOD POTTAGE. — The diverse occupations of the two youths led,
in course of time, to an act fatal to Esau’s character and
well-being. Coming home one day weary, and fainting with hunger, he
found...
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THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave
probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר עֵשָׂ֜ו אֶֽל ־יַעֲקֹ֗ב
הַלְעִיטֵ֤נִי...
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ESAU AND JACOB
Genesis 25:1
"He goeth as an ox goeth to the slaughter, till a dart strike through
his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is
for his life."- Proverbs 7:22...
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JACOB AND ESAU, TWIN BROTHERS
Genesis 25:19
In the thought of that age, the birthright carried with it the
spiritual leadership of the tribe. To be the priest of the family, to
stand between the Most...
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The record of the death of Abraham is full of beauty. His life had
been spent in the realm of the supernatural, the region of vision, the
power of the spiritual. The whole of it is summed up in the wo...
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THE SELLING OF THE BIRTHRIGHT
A special blessing ordinarily went to the firstborn. In fact, under
the law of Moses, the firstborn received a double portion when the
inheritance was distributed. Of co...
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_Give me, &c. Hebrew, "make me devour this red;" which denotes, the
very red quality of the pottage, and the greediness of Esau. (Calmet)_...
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And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
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. And...
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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30._Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage _(34) Although
Esau declares in these words that he by no means desires delicacies,
but is content with food of any kind, (seeing that he contemptu...
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We have next the election of God which now sets apart the earthly
people, Jacob. It is remarkable how little we have of Isaac, nothing
but his remaining in heavenly places, I mean of course in the fig...
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AND ESAU SAID TO JACOB, FEED ME, I PRAY THEE, WITH THAT SAME RED
[POTTAGE],.... Or, "with that same red l, red"; not knowing what it
was, or what it was made of, and therefore only calls it by its
col...
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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.
Ver. 30. _Feed me, I pray thee, with that red, red._] He doubleth it,...
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_Sod_ That is, boiled. _Edom_, or _red. Sell me this day thy
birthright_ He cannot be excused in taking advantage of Esau's
necessity; yet neither can Esau be excused, who was profane, Hebrews
12:16,...
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1 The sonnes of Abraham by Keturah.
5 The diuision of his goods.
7 His age and death.
9 His buriall.
12 The generations of Ishmael.
17 His age, and death.
19 Isaac prayeth for Rebekah being barr...
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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 (red). So
great was his craving for food that he was ready to swallow the e...
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Esau Sells His Birthright...
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SECOND SECTION
_Jacob and Esau_
GENESIS 25:19-34
19And these _are_ the generations [genealogies] of Isaac, Abraham’s
son: Abraham begat Isaac: 20And Isaac was forty years old when he took
Rebekah to...
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OTHER GENERATIONS OF ABRAHAM
We are not told what time Abraham took Keturah as a wife. Of course,
God could enable him to be a father of children even after Sarah had
died, but in this case he would b...
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WITH THAT SAME RED POTTAGE:
_ Heb._ with that red, with that red pottage...
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29-34 We have here the bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the
right, which was Esau's by birth, but Jacob's by promise. It was for a
spiritual privilege; and we see Jacob's desire of the birth...
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RED POTTAGE; red by the infusion of lentiles, or saffron, or some
other things of that colour. The word is doubled in the Hebrew text,
to show how vehemently he desired it. EDOM, which signifies _red;...
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In the opening of this chapter, Abraham's second marriage is set
before us, an event not without its interest to the spiritual mind,
when viewed in connection with what we have been considering in the...
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THE SALE OF THE BIRTHRIGHT (GENESIS 25:27).
Genesis 25:27
‘And the boys grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the open
country, and Jacob was a perfect man, dwelling in tents.'
The two boys...
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Genesis 25
_(with Hebrews 12:16)_
The chief use, apparently, of some men's lives is that they may serve
as beacons, warning off those who come after them from quicksand or
whirlpool. They flame amids...
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Genesis 25:29
The story of the birthright shows us what kind of a man Esau was:
hasty, careless, fond of the good things of this life. He had no
reason to complain if he lost his birthright. He did no...
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CONTENTS: Abraham weds Keturah. Isaac becomes Abraham's heir. Death of
Abraham. Generations of Ishmael and Isaac. Birth of Esau and Jacob and
the sale of the birthright.
CHARACTERS: Abraham, Keturah,...
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Genesis 25:1. _Keturah_ is here called a wife; but a learned writer in
his _Bibliotheca Biblia,_ printed at Oxford 1720, brings forward a
supposition of the Jews, that Hagar returned to Abraham after...
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_Esau despised his birthright_
THE STORY OF THE BIRTHRIGHT
The story of the birthright shows us what kind of a man Esau was:
hasty, careless, fond of the good things of this life.
He had no reason t...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 25:27 These verses tell of ESAU selling his
birthright to JACOB. While Jacob may be criticized for exploiting his
brother in a moment of weakness, Esau is indifferent toward hi...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 25:30 In Hebrew, the name EDOM is similar to
the word RED.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 25:29. Sod pottage.] “That is, _seethed or boiled_—_a
soup._ This pottage is a very common dish in that country. It is made
up of different grain or lentiles, bruised and boi...
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Then in chapter twenty-five we find that
Abraham [after Sarah's death] took another wife, her name was Keturah.
[The name means, "mother of us all".] And she bare him Zimran,
Jokshan, Medan, Midian,...
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with that same red pottage. Heb. with that red, with that red Edom.
i.e., red. Genesis 36:1 Genesis 36:9 Genesis 36:43 Exodus 15:15...
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JACOB, A PRINCE WITH GOD
Genesis 25:27
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Our study centers around Jacob, one of the ancient heroes of the
faith.
1. JACOB WAS AN HEBREW OF THE HEBREWS. He was, in fact, the head of...
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Edom — That is, red....