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Genesis 25:29 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: "
Genesis 25:29
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And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
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 Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
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Genesis 25:1
"Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah."
Genesis 25:2
"And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah."
Genesis 25:3
"And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim."
Genesis 25:4
"And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah."
Genesis 25:5
"And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac."
Genesis 25:6
"But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country."
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